IngentaConnect Word Formation in an Electronic Learners' Dictionary: ELDIT

Authors: ten Hacken, Pius; Abel, Andrea; Knapp, Judith

Source: International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 19, Number 3, September 2006 , pp. 243-256(14)

Abstract:

New words are formed when new concepts need to be named. Word formation is one of the major mechanisms for the expansion of the vocabulary. In second language acquisition, word formation is important for the decoding of words the learner does not know, for the production of regular new words when the learner has not acquired the standard word, and for the creation of a tighter network structure in the mental lexicon, which facilitates vocabulary acquisition. In existing learners' dictionaries, the treatment of word formation does not support the acquisition of word formation rules in a way that would exploit these possible advantages. Optimizing the support of the acquisition of word formation in electronic learners' dictionaries requires a reconceptualization of the task of the dictionary. ELDIT, an electronic German and Italian learners' dictionary of a non-traditional type, takes up the challenge of representing word formation in such a way that its potential for the second language learner can be fully exploited. The implementation of word formation is based on collaboration with Word Manager, a system for morphological dictionaries.

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