Suggested Innovations for Chinese Learner’s Dictionaries

[[abstract]]「學習者詞典」（learner’s dictionary），對於語言學習者而言向來是不可忽視的重要參考工具書。詞典內除了提供大量符合時宜的詞彙之外，而有助於學習者學習的「好用」（users-friendly）服務也是值得關注之處。本論文的研究範疇便是探究英語學習者詞典「詞目」（entry）內的關於用戶友善的提示部分，並引其特點進行中文詞目提示模擬試作。 試作的方法上會先理解「牛津高階學習者詞典」Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary內的提示運作方式，而此提示的重點將專注於「用法註解」（Notes on Usage） 專欄。 在此專欄內部的欄項共有八種，選擇其中六種為範本，並瞭解各欄項的「特點」與「設立目的」，以其「特點」模擬為中文專欄的「主要原則」，接續於後便是納入中文詞彙而且逐一分析各詞彙是否合適於該欄項的「主要原則」，也就是六個專欄的特點性質部分。如果結果相符，那將會是給予目前華語學習者詞典的意見回饋。 本論文希望藉由瞭解英語學習者詞典在「好用」方面的編纂技巧，並探索如何將之應用於華語學習者詞典，研究結果可以作為未來華語學習者詞典編纂的參考。[[abstract]]“Learner’s dictionary” is indispensable reference work to language learners. Besides offering a large quantity of proper vocabulary, a service of user-friendliness in a learner’s dictionary is worth studying as the service can help facilitate language learning. This thesis aims to investigate the user-friendly devices embedded in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th edition) (OALD8), focusing on those under “Notes on Usage,” and explore the possibility of applying these devices to compiling Chinese learner’s dictionaries. In OALD8, devices under “Notes on Usage” include “Which Word,” “Synonyms,” “Language Bank,” “Vocabulary Building,” “Grammar Point,” and “Collocations.” Entries which contain these devices were scrutinized, and the principles behind the setup of these devices were derived. This thesis then shows how these principles might be applied to compiling Chinese learner’s dictionaries. Furthermore, as Mandarin Chinese is quite different from English in terms of language structure, this thesis proposes, and illustrates with examples, some additional devices that can be useful in compiling a user-friendly Chinese learner’s dictionary.[[note]]碩