Pragmatic and cultural information in a Chinese-English learner's dictionary

The number of students learning Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) has shown a steady and substantial increase over the past few decades. However, the CFL students who choose to use Chinese-English dictionaries have relied on inadequate tools, inasmuch as these tools are either geared toward Chinese speakers, or designed for non-Chinese but long out of date. This dissertation, by addressing some of the lexicographical issues surrounding the inadequacy of presently available bilingual dictionaries, seeks to serve as a steppingstone to a long-term goal of producing a state-of-the-art Chinese-English dictionary for this CFL population.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Tseng, Tai-Yuan Hugo

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cheng, Chin-Chuan

• Education, Language and Literature
• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Tseng, Tai-Yuan Hugo

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591089660
AAI9702692
(UMI)AAI9702692

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20109