尊重语言事实是词典编纂的重要原则

An Important Principle of the Lexicography:Respect the Linguistic Facts

字母词是当前社会和学界争议的热点。调查数据表明:我国媒体中字母词的使用是一种不可避免的语言事实;国际上,英文缩略词在非英语国家中的使用也是一种普遍现象。无论从词典条目来源角度,还是从词典编纂者的责任和词典功能角度来考量,尊重语言事实都应该是词典编纂的重要原则。

Lettered-words is the focal problem disputed by the current society and the academic circles. Survey data show that the usage of lettered-words in Chinese media is an inevitable linguistic fact, as well as the usage of English abbreviations in non-English speaking countries is a common phenomenon . Whether from the perspective of the source of dictionary entries or the linguistic facts should be one of the most responsibility of lexicographers and dictionary function, respecting the important principles of the lexicography