Combining user needs, lexicographic data and digital writing environments.

Autor/in	Frankenberg-Garcia, Ana
Titel	Combining user needs, lexicographic data and digital writing environments.
Quelle	In: Language teaching, 53 (2020) 1, S. 29-43 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Abbildungen 3
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-4448; 1475-3049
Schlagwörter	Förderungsmaßnahme; Lexikografie; Schreiben; Bedarfsanalyse; Wörterbuch; Forschungsprojekt
Abstract	The past decades have seen dramatic improvements to dictionary content and format. Yet dictionaries - both paper-based and digital - remain disappointingly underused. As a result, it is widely acknowledged that more needs to be done to train people in dictionary-consultation skills. Another solution would be to build lexicographic resources that require little or no instruction. In this paper, the author presents the ColloCaid project, whose aim is to develop a lexicographic tool that combines user needs, lexicographic data and digital writing environments to bring dictionaries to writers instead of waiting for them to get the information they need from dictionaries. The focus is on helping writers produce more idiomatic texts by integrating lexicographic data on collocations into text editors in a way that does not distract them from their writing. A distinguishing characteristic of ColloCaid is that it is not limited to providing feedback on miscollocations. It also aims to 'feed forward', raising awareness of collocations writers may not remember or know how to look up. While the initial prototype is being developed specifically for academic English, the implications of this research can be broadened to other languages and usages beyond academic. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2