Abstract

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. List of Figures IX
4. Acknowledgements XI
5. List of Abbreviations XII
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. The Nature and Development of the Bilingual Thematic Dictionary as a Hybrid Lexicographic Genre 13
8. 3. Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries 232
9. 4. Approaches to Evaluating the Usefulness of Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries 319
10. 5. The Compilation of Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries: Choices and Recommendations 338
11. 6. Conclusions 379
12. Bibliography 398
13. Appendix 1) A Checklist of Monolingual Learner’s Dictionary Features and Choices 404
14. Appendix 2) A Checklist of Thematic Dictionary Features and Choices 410
15. Appendix 3) A Checklist of Existing BTD Features and Choices 420
16. Appendix 4) A Sample of the EFL Questionnaire Version A (for French Learners of English) 429
17. Appendix 5) Location Guessing Experiment: List of BTD Categories 440
18. Appendix 6) Location Guessing Experiment: List of 10 Words 443
19. Appendix 7) Search Report Experiment: Answer/Search Report Sheet 444
20. Appendix 8) A Cumulative Checklist of Actual and Potential BTD Features and Choices 451
21. Appendix 9) Location Guessing Experiment: Guessed Locations for Each Word 467
22. Appendix 10) Location Guessing Experiment: No. of Correct Guesses for each Word 470
23. Appendix 11) Location Guessing Experiment: Correct Answers and Participants’ Answers 472
24. Abstract 474
25. Index 475