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A Language for Specific Purposes dictionary is a
dictionary that intends to describe a variety of one or more
languages used by experts within a particular subject field. The
discipline that deals with LSP dictionaries is usually called
specialised lexicography and is a branch of
lexicography.
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LSP dictionaries and users
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Different types of LSP
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Relevant literature
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External links
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LSP dictionaries and users
LSP dictionaries are often made for users who are already
specialists with a subject field (experts), but may also be made
for semi-experts and for users who may be laypeople relative to
a particular subject field. In contrast to LSP dictionaries LGP
(language for generic purposes)
dictionaries are made to be used by an average user.
Different types of LSP dictionary
LSP dictionaries may cover one language (monolingual LSP
dictionaries) or two languages (bilingual LSP dictionaries), and
occasionally more languages. An LSP dictionary that attempts to
cover as much of the vocabulary in a subject field as possible
is called a
maximizing dictionary, and an LSP dictionary that attempts
to cover a limited number of terms within a subject field is
called a
minimizing dictionary.
An LSP dictionary that covers more than one subject field is
called a
multi-field dictionary, an LSP dictionary that covers one
subject field (e.g. a dictionary of law) is called a
single-field dictionary, and an LSP dictionary that covers
part of a subject field (e.g. a dictionary of contract law) is
called a
sub-field dictionary.
Relevant literature
- Sandro Nielsen: The Bilingual LSP Dictionary.
Gunter Narr Verlag 1994.
- Henning Bergenholtz/Sven Tarp (eds.): Manual of
Specialised Lexicography. Benjamins 1995.
External links
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Short annotated list of publications
Categories:
Dictionaries |
Lexicography