在线英语词典与词汇的社会文化性研究

On-line Dictionaries and Social and Cultural Connotation of Vocabulary

语言是文化的一部分，是文化的载体，词典是选录语言最基础单位——词汇的书，是人类语言与文化交际最浓缩的表现形态，是研究词汇社会文化性的重要工具。网络文化的发展使得在线英语词典进入了蓬勃发展的阶段，在线英语词典数量多、规模大、领域广、更新快、检索方便、横向对比简单快捷，同时是一种多元化、发散性、开放式、国际化、网络化的语言交际工具，它革新了利用词典研究词汇社会文化性的方式，实现了英英、英汉词汇文化内涵意义异与同的快捷、多维的对比研究，实现了词汇社会文化性研究的跨文化交际突破。

Language is an important factor and medium of culture .Vocabulary is a basic ingredient ot language, and the dictionary, being a book of vocabulary reflecting social and cultural factors, is a vital tool for researching on the social and cultural context of vocabulary. Booming internet technology has lead to the unlimited growth of large-scale and diversified on-line dictionaries which are characterized by fast speed, rich content, broad knowledge. Multifunctional, internationalized and diversified on-line dictionaries offer an effective tool of language communication while opening new channels for researching the vocabulary with social and cultural connotations.