On Entries for Neologisms in English-Chinese Learner’s Dictionaries
Authors
Ying Cai
Corresponding Author
Ying Cai
Available Online April 2019.
- DOI
- 10.2991/ecss-19.2019.105How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- COCA; neologism; entry; learner’s dictionary.
- Abstract
New words are entering the English language at an ever-increasing rate. This paper specifically discusses how neologisms are presented in an English-Chinese learner’s dictionary to cater for the learners’ needs. Based on Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), the researcher analyzes how these new words are used in the main five genres: spoken texts, fiction, magazines, newspapers and academic journals. In light of the results of the discussion and analysis, several practical suggestions are put forward to optimize the entries for neologisms in English-Chinese learner’s dictionaries.
- Copyright
- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ying Cai PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - On Entries for Neologisms in English-Chinese Learner’s Dictionaries BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Education, Culture and Social Sciences (ECSS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 514 EP - 519 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ecss-19.2019.105 DO - 10.2991/ecss-19.2019.105 ID - Cai2019/04 ER -