THE COMMUNICATIVE ASPECT OF DICTIONARY PRONUNCIATIONS

In all the furor raised by the appearance of Webster's Third New International Dictionary [12] (hereafter referred to as W3), one basic question concerns the success of any dictionary in communicating with its readers. Most reviewers have written about W3 in terms of what they think it should c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of communication 1965-06, Vol.15 (2), p.100-109
1. Verfasser: Sharf, Donald J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In all the furor raised by the appearance of Webster's Third New International Dictionary [12] (hereafter referred to as W3), one basic question concerns the success of any dictionary in communicating with its readers. Most reviewers have written about W3 in terms of what they think it should communicate. Critics and friends of W3 have distinguished between the descriptive function of W3 and the prescriptive function of the second edition of Webster's New International Dictionary [11] (hereafter referred...
ISSN:0021-9916
1460-2466
DOI:10.1111/j.1460-2466.1965.tb01331.x