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Dictionaries . 英文字典的類型 評鑑重點 各類型字典介紹. General English Language Dictionaries Unabridged ,足本(大約涵蓋 26 萬款目) 一般桌上型( 16 ~ 18 萬)或大學用( 10 萬)版本 Paperback dictionaries 大約涵蓋 30000 ~ 55000 款目,便宜、攜帶方便 Historical dictionaries 介紹字詞的源由及現今發展用法. Period or scholarly specialized titles 針對某特定時間或地點的文字為介紹主題。
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Dictionaries 英文字典的類型 評鑑重點 各類型字典介紹
General English Language Dictionaries Unabridged,足本(大約涵蓋26萬款目) 一般桌上型(16~18萬)或大學用(10萬)版本 Paperback dictionaries 大約涵蓋30000~55000款目,便宜、攜帶方便 Historical dictionaries 介紹字詞的源由及現今發展用法 Period or scholarly specialized titles 針對某特定時間或地點的文字為介紹主題。 Etymological dictionaries 語源學字典,類似Historical dictionaries,但更強調於字詞的分析,以及不同語言的源起發展。 Foreign language Subject works 特定學科主題詞彙定義 Other 包含俚語、簡稱、縮寫及用法等各類字辭典。 英文字典八大類型
Compilation—字詞語彙來源 • 出版社員工 • 大部分的出版社取用BNC的字彙 • BNC--British National Corpus,在網路上提供近3億個字詞供查檢,http://info.ox.ac.uk/bnc/ • 自由字典編輯(Freelance lexicographer)
Evaluation “Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true” • ~ by Dr. Johnson
能提供使用者需要的詞彙、定義 收錄近幾年來的新詞、新義、新用法 定義(對應詞)、翻譯正確而少偏見 語法說明清楚、詳盡、正確 例證充足,用例恰到好處 插圖豐富,能幫助學習詞彙,掌握意思 重視口語、俚語,收錄足夠的片語、成語、慣用語 提供語用方面的說明或標籤 提供百科性、文化方面的有用知識 標榜獨一無二的特點 給一般讀者的10個參考評鑑點 曾泰元。如何選擇英文詞典。在詞典的兩個世界,pp.114--117
Authority Merriam-Webster、Oxford University Press、Random House、Scott-Foresman、Doubleday、Macmillian、Simon & Schuster、Houghton Mifflin Vocabulary Unabridged:超過265000字 Abridged:50000~265000字 Slang Up-to-date Format Encyclopedia material Spelling Etymologies Definitions Pronunciation Syllabication Synonyms Grammatical Information Usage 館員評估一般語文字詞典的重點
評估專科字典的要件 • 插圖的輔助說明是否合宜?對專門學科人員或非本科人員有幫助? • 定義是簡單的就字義來解釋,還是有多加說明? • 目標使用群是針對國際性?或是偏重於某一區域? • 更新程度如何?
介紹字典的工具 • Kister, Kenneth. Kister’s Best Dictionaries for Adults & Young People: A Comparative Guide. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992, 488 pp. $39.50 • Loughridege, Brendan. Which Dictionary? London: Library Association Publishing. 1990. 177pp. $26 • 徐振忠。英文辭典實用指南。台北市:旺文社民81。 • IPLSubject CollectionsReference Dictionaries • LIIReady Reference & Quick FactsDictionaries • Yahoo!奇摩分類首頁 網路指南 參考資料參考字典
Unabridged(足本) Dictionaries • The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary • 2002, 5th. ed., 3984pp. $150 • Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary • 2003,. 2256pp. $64.95.(+CD-ROM) • Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged . • CD-ROM(v.3.0):2002, irregular update. $69.95. ;Print:2002, 3rd. Ed. 2783 pp. $129.
College Dictionaries • Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary(http://www.m-w.com) • The American Heritage College Dictionary. (http://www.bartleby.com/61/) • The Random House Webster’s College Dictionary + Thesaurus • Webster's New World College Dictionary + Thesaurus
Desk Dictionary • The Concise Oxford Dictionary • 2002, 10th.ed. 384pp. $29.95 • Collins English Dictionary • 2003, 1888pp. £30.00 • Chambers 21st Century Dictionary • 1993, 1664pp. $30
ESL Dictionary • ESL English as Second Language • Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary • 2000, 6th. Ed. $25.95 • http://www.oupp.com/elt/oald/ • Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English • 2003, $26.95(+ CD-ROM) • http://www.longmanwebdict.com/ • Collins COBUILD New Student's English Dictionary • 2002, 1088pp. £9.99 • Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners • 2002, 1071pp. $29.68
Children’s Dictionaries • Macmillan Dictionary for Children. • The World Book Dictionary • Scott Foresman First Dictionary. • Merriam-Webster‘s系列 (均為$14.83) • Elementary Dictionary(624pp.) • School Dictionary(1184pp.) • Intermediate Dictionary(960pp.) • School Thesaurus(704pp.)
Thesaurus/Synonyms /Antonyms • Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. • Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English • The Concise Oxford Thesaurus • Longman Essential Activator • Theseaurus.com (http://thesarus.com/) • The ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.htl) • WordNet (http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/) • Synonym Dictionary (http://vancouver-webpages.com/synonyms.html)
Usage and Manuscript Style—1/2 • The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th. Ed. • CD-ROM:1993, in Microsoft Bookshelf. • Print:2003, 956 pp. $55. • The Columbia Guide to Online Style. • 1998. 224 pp. $34; paperback, $17.50 • Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage. • 1989, 980 pp, $18.95 • 謝寶煖。APA Style 完全上手指南 。台北市:文華,民國90年8月
Usage and Manuscript Style—2/2 • IPLSubject CollectionsReferenceStyle & Writing Guides • The Slot. (http://www.theslot.com) • 國家圖書館知識之窗網路資源教育資源/論文寫作格式 • 靜宜大學蓋夏圖書館學術寫作資源(http://www.lib.pu.edu.tw/database/www/db-citation.htm) • 中央研究院圖書館網路資源引用資料格式 (http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~libserv/aslib/internet/internet1.html )
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online,:2000 to date, http://www.oed.com Library:$795+,Individals:$550 CD-ROM:2nd ed. 1992 to date, $895 Print:1989, 2nd., 20 vols. $3000. The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. CD-ROM:1998. $75 Print:1998, 2 vols. 5th. Ed. $150. Oxford 字詞典專區http://www.oupp.com/oeddicref/ Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 4v. (http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.html) Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang. 1994 to date, 3 vols. $79.95 Historical Dictionaries
Slang • Dictionary of American Slang • 1998, 3rd.ed. 640pp. $42.95 • Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang • 2000, 1326pp. $19.95 • The Alternative Dictionaries (http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/) • A Dictionary of Slang (http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/) • The College Slang Page (http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/) • On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang (http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html)
Quotation • The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations • 1999,5th. Ed. 1152pp. $45 • 其他Oxford出版的版本 (http://www.oup-usa.org/reference/general/quotations.html) • Familiar Quotations (http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/) • About.com:Quotations (http://quotations.about.com/) • Movie Quotes (http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes/) • Famous Quotations (http://www.famous-quotations.com/)
Foreign Language Dictionaries(Bilingual) • The HarperCollins Series • HarperCollins-Robert French Dictionary • HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary • HarperCollins German Dictionary • Encyclopedia of Languages of Europe • Dictionary of Languages • Berlitz Passport to 31 Languages. • 1999 to date, $30.(CD-ROM)
Foreign Language Dictionaries(Bilingual)--網路翻譯工具 • Language Dictionaries and Translators. (http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html) • AltaVista translation services (http://world.altavista.com/ ) • Free Translation and Professional Translation (http://www.freetranslation.com/)
特殊用途字詞典 • Acronyms Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary • Abbreviations Dictionary • Acronym Finder (http://www.acronymfinder.com/. ) • Acronym Server (http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym) • Webster’s Official Crossword Puzzle Dictionary. • CD-ROM:1992 irregular update. $29.95 • Print:1992. paperback, $4.99 • The New Hacker’s Dictionary
網路字典 • OneLook Dictionaries (http://www.onelook.com) • Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/) • Vocabulary University (http://www.vocabulary.com) • The Word Detective (http://word-detective.com ) • Rhymezone (http://www.rhymezone.com/) • Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html)