FROM GUSTAVO ZAPATA TO LEXICOLOGY CLASS:

HELLO EVERYBODY!

From the instructions I received from your previous instructor(Pedro), we are supposed to start off with topics on week 3. As you may notice in the text below, I have changed the sequence of topics a little bit. I have decided to shuffle the matter for what I think it is more convenient for the work at hand. We will begin with the electronic dictionaries as follows:

 

 

WORKSHOP 001 ON ENGLISH DICTIONARIES- GUSTAVO ZAPATA   (PLEASE EMAIL TO  gzapata2005@gmail.com

THE NAME OF YOUR FILE SHOULD READ: lexicologyworkshop001YOURNAME)

  1. USING THE INTERNET, FIND A GOOD ARTICLE ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF DICTIONARIES. USING THAT INFORMATION CLASSIFY THE DICTIONARIES ON THE LIST. USE A TABLE IN WORD FOR THIS.

 

  1. WRITE A DESCRIPTION OF EACH DICTIONARY ON THE LIST CONCERNING: (20-30 LINES OR MORE IF REQUIRED)

USE A TABLE IN WORD. THE FIRST COLUMN SHOULD BE THE NAME OF THE DICTIONARY. THE SECOND COLUMN, THE CONTENT. (You can also use a format at: http://hasp.axesnet.com/contenido/documentos/DICTIONARY%20EVALUATION%20FORMAT.doc.

If you feel confused contact me or visit an example of evaluation of the MACMILLAN DICTIONARY AT: http://seasrc.th.net/sealex/Devapala_TypologyDict.pdf)

 

    1. QUALITY OF THE DISPLAY(NICE FONTS, COLORS, ETC)
    2. FAST UPLOAD
    3. PHOENTIC TRANSCRIPTION EASY TO UNDERSTAND OR NO PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION
    4. LARGE NUMBER OF ENTRIES
    5. QUALITY OF THE ENTRY DEFINITIONS
    6. WORDS IN CONTEXT
    7. DIALECTAL VARIANTS  COMMETARIES (UK ENGLIHSH, USA ENGLISH,ETC.
    8. SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS
    9. COLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS
    10. PROVERBS, SAYINGS
    11. TWO-WORD VERBS
    12. GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION ABOUT WORDS
    13. TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON THE WINDOW WHRE DICTIONARY DISPLAYS
    14. TOO MANY STEPS TO GET TO THE SPECIFIC ENTRY
    15. TECHNICAL WORDS OR TERMINOLOGY
    16. PICTURES OR ILLUSTRATIONS
    17. LINKS TO INTERNET
    18. INDEX
    19. NOUN COMPOUNDS (COMPOUND WORDS,  “four-wheeled”)
    20. UPDATE

 

 

 

  1. LOOK UP THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN ALL THE DICTIONARIES. PLACE THE RESULTS ON A TABLE AND MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESULTS IN GENERAL.

ANVIL, DOGHOUSE, MARAVEDIK, NERD, SLOPPY, CLAIRVOYANT, PLANTIFF, QUENCH, AFFIDAVIT,ORCHARD

 

  1. THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF DICTIONARIES TO WORK WITH

 

 

LONGMAN DICTIONARY (LIMITED BY SMALL WINDOW DISPLAY)

http://www.ldoceonline.com/

 

MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY

http://www.m-w.com/

 

WORDREFERENCE.COM

http://www.wordreference.com/es/

 

AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/

 

THEFREEDICTIONARY.COM

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

 

OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER´S DICTIONARY ONLINE

http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl

 

WEBSTER ROSETTA ONLINE (THE DICTIONARY WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF  ENTRIES)  (NO PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION)

http://faculty.insead.edu/parker/browse%20updated/index97.html

 

Date due:  Monday December 4, 2006

Ps: no appointment for interview necessary unless you feel  it is.