Empirical research into dictionary use

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Basics
5. Review of research into the use of electronic dictionaries 13
6. Empirical research into dictionary use 55
7. Part II: General studies on online dictionaries
8. The first two international studies on online dictionaries – background information 79
9. Empirical data on contexts of dictionary use 85
10. General issues of online dictionary use 127
11. Online dictionaries: expectations and demands 143
12. Questions of design 189
13. Part III: Specialized studies on online dictionaries
14. Evaluation of a new web design for the dictionary portal OWID 207
15. Dictionary users do look up frequent words. A log file analysis 229
16. Rezeption der Illustration, jedoch Vernachlässigung der Paraphrase? 251
17. Part IV: Studies on monolingual (German) online dictionaries, esp. elexiko
18. Benutzerwünsche und -meinungen zu dem monolingualen deutschen Onlinewörterbuch elexiko 281
19. Index (English chapters) 385
20. Index (German chapters) 387