《牛津高阶英语词典》第9版中Wordfinder栏的研究

A Study on “Wordfinders” in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary(9th edition)

《牛津高阶英语词典》第9版新增了Wordfinder一栏,它主要收集与词目词相关的词,来帮助用户通过概念或联想查找需要的词,Wordfinder中的词和词目词组成了语义场。文章结合语义场理论和词汇联想理论,阐释了《牛津高阶英语词典》第9版增加Wordfinder栏的原因和动机,并收集该词典中所有的Wordfinder栏信息,将其分成聚合联想Wordfinder栏和组合联想Wordfinder栏,再分别从Wordfinder栏的结构设置和内容设置做出评价与建议。

A new column“Wordfinder”was added to the OALD9,which gathers words related to the headword to assists users in finding the words they need through concept or association.Words in the“Wordfinder”constitute a semantic field with the headword in question.Based on the theories of the semantic field and word association,this paper discusses the possible motivations for the OALD9 to add this column.Having divided all the“Wordfinder”columns in the OALD9 into paradigmatic and syntagmatic sets,it offers comments on and suggestions for settings this column in accordance with the dictionary structure and content.