DIFFERENT TYPES OF DICTIONARIES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TASKS AND PRODUCTION OF TEXTS IN ENGLISH

Our aim in this paper is to present the three main types of dictionaries used by the Brazilian learners of English and verify what kind of information is provided by these reference works to help the learners with text comprehension and production. We start discussing the dichotomy ‘biling...

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Autores: Tedesco Selistre, Isabel Cristina, Valentin Bugueño Miranda, Félix
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)
Repositorio:Travessias (Cascavel. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.e-revista.unioeste.br:article/3649
Acceso en línea:https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/3649
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dicionários bilíngues. Dicionários monolíngues. Dicionários semibilíngues.
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Sumario:Our aim in this paper is to present the three main types of dictionaries used by the Brazilian learners of English and verify what kind of information is provided by these reference works to help the learners with text comprehension and production. We start discussing the dichotomy ‘bilingual active dictionary’ versus ‘bilingual passive dictionary’. In the following, we distinguish the ‘semasiological dictionaries’ (which bring definitions) –  from the ‘onomasiological’ ones (which show the various words that can be used to express a given concept). And, eventually, we examine the semibilingual dictionaries (which bring definitions in English and equivalents in Portuguese).