Illustrations in Dictionaries; Encyclopaedic and Cultural Information in Dictionaries

Klosa, Annette

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199691630.013.37

“…There have appeared several studies dedicated to this problem (see, for example, Hartmann, 1992). Klosa (2015) defines the lexicographic illustration as "A particular kind of image which is used in conjunction with a text and which decorates, illustrates, or explains the text" (p. 516). Lew, Kaźmierczak, Tomczak, & Leszkowicz (2018) comment on this definition and remark that of the three verbs featuring in this definition, decoratingan aesthetic functionis of secondary importance in a dictionary viewed as a chiefly utilitarian object (though decoration may be of value insofar as it contributes to the symbolic role of some dictionaries).…”

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The Poly Code Character of the English Learners’ Dictionaries

Kolegaeva¹,

Строченко²,

Tomchakovska³

et al. 2020

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The paper deals with one of the most relevant questions of semiosis in English lexicography. The article studies the mechanism of double encoding a message (verbally and pictographically) to optimize the perception, processing, and storage of information by the user of the dictionary. The aim of the given research is to determine the features of an English poly code dictionary entry as a communicative phenomenon of educational lexicography. The study is based on five lexicographic sources, traditionally called the big five. The research material includes 1640 poly code entries. The article suggests a new interpretation of a poly code entry as a threefold unity of a lemma (the headword), a verbal definition, and a picture. These three constituents jointly name, interpret, and visualize the meaning of a dictionary entry. The article also analyzes the configuration of a poly code entry informational potential in terms of increasing/decreasing of the information presented by the iconic constituent in comparison with the verbal one. The research proves that the whole set of poly code dictionary entries reflects a particular view of the world characterized by absolute anthropocentricity and specific Anglo-Saxon bias. The results of the performed research are significant for English language teaching and learning as they prove that pictographic illustrations that accompany verbal explanations are not purely ornamental. They optimize the readers’ activity of searching, understanding, and memorizing the necessary information

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“…Primeira, a imagem é utilizada no dicionário com uma função muito específica: complementar a definição verbal de uma palavra. Dessa maneira, a relação principal entre texto e imagem no dicionário é de complementaridade, isto é, a ilustração complementa a definição do item lexical, de modo que todo o significado possa ser determinado a partir da ilustração e da definição (KLOSA, 2016). Segunda, em seu modelo, Royce (1998) defende que as relações intersemióticas são sinérgicas e complementares, ou seja, os modos semióticos são coarticulados para se construir uma unidade de sentido maior do que os significados potenciais de cada modo.…”

Section: Relações Texto Imagem: O Modelo Teórico De Royce (1998)unclassified

Texto e imagem: a complementaridade intersemiótica em dicionários escolares Tipo 2

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O texto dos dicionários escolares se utiliza de ilustrações para complementar as definições. Nosso objetivo com este artigo é investigar e descrever os tipos de relações semânticas intersemióticas existentes entre texto e imagem nos verbetes ilustrados dos dicionários escolares tipo 2. Adotamos o modelo proposto por Royce (1998) para o estudo das relações intersemióticas entre texto e imagem. Desenhamos uma pesquisa quati-qualitativa em que verificamos a ocorrência ou não da complementaridade intersemiótica entre o texto do verbete e a ilustração por meio das seguintes relações semânticas: repetição, sinonímia, meronímia, hiponímia, antonímia e colocação. Os resultados deste estudo demostram que a complementaridade intersemiótica ocorre em quase 90% dos verbetes ilustrados, destacando-se a relação semântica de sinonímia.

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“…There have appeared several studies dedicated to this problem (see, for example, Hartmann, 1992). Klosa (2015) defines the lexicographic illustration as "A particular kind of image which is used in conjunction with a text and which decorates, illustrates, or explains the text" (p. 516). Lew, Kaźmierczak, Tomczak, & Leszkowicz (2018) comment on this definition and remark that of the three verbs featuring in this definition, decoratingan aesthetic functionis of secondary importance in a dictionary viewed as a chiefly utilitarian object (though decoration may be of value insofar as it contributes to the symbolic role of some dictionaries).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Poly Code Character of the English Learners’ Dictionaries

Kolegaeva

¹

,

Строченко²,

Tomchakovska³

et al. 2020

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The paper deals with one of the most relevant questions of semiosis in English lexicography. The article studies the mechanism of double encoding a message (verbally and pictographically) to optimize the perception, processing, and storage of information by the user of the dictionary. The aim of the given research is to determine the features of an English poly code dictionary entry as a communicative phenomenon of educational lexicography. The study is based on five lexicographic sources, traditionally called the big five. The research material includes 1640 poly code entries. The article suggests a new interpretation of a poly code entry as a threefold unity of a lemma (the headword), a verbal definition, and a picture. These three constituents jointly name, interpret, and visualize the meaning of a dictionary entry. The article also analyzes the configuration of a poly code entry informational potential in terms of increasing/decreasing of the information presented by the iconic constituent in comparison with the verbal one. The research proves that the whole set of poly code dictionary entries reflects a particular view of the world characterized by absolute anthropocentricity and specific Anglo-Saxon bias. The results of the performed research are significant for English language teaching and learning as they prove that pictographic illustrations that accompany verbal explanations are not purely ornamental. They optimize the readers’ activity of searching, understanding, and memorizing the necessary information.

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Illustrations in Dictionaries; Encyclopaedic and Cultural Information in Dictionaries

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The Poly Code Character of the English Learners’ Dictionaries

Texto e imagem: a complementaridade intersemiótica em dicionários escolares Tipo 2

The Poly Code Character of the English Learners’ Dictionaries

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