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Chapter Ten English Dictionaries Main points Types of Dictionaries monolingual and bilingual dictionaries linguistic and encyclopedic dictionaries unabridged, desk and pocket dictionaries specialized dictionaries Use of Dictionaries choice of dictionaries content of the dictionary use of the dictionary Three Good General Dictionaries Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (New Edition) (LDCE) (1987) 《朗文当代英语词典》 2) Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (CCELD) (1987) 《柯林斯英语串解/合作词典》 3) A Chinese-English Dictionary (Revised Edition) (CED) (1995) 《汉英词典》 What is dictionary? Dictionary is a book which presents in alphabetical order the words of English, with information as to their spelling, pronunciation, meaning, usage, rules of grammar, and in some, their etymology. 词典是收集大量词汇，并按字母顺序排列，同时提供词的拼写，发音，意义，用法，语法规则，甚至词源的工具书。 Types of Dictionaries Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries (单语词典和双语词典) Monolingual dictionaries are written in one language. LDCE=Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 《朗文当代英语词典》 CCELD= Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary 《柯林斯英语串解/合作词典》 2) Bilingual dictionaries involve two languages. two types: a) the headwords are defined in another language or given their equivalents. b) the Chinese words and expressions are translated into English. A Chinese-English Dictionary 《汉英词典》 Linguistic and Encyclopedic Dictionaries (语文词典和百科辞典) Linguistic dictionaries aim at defining words and explaining their usages in the language. They usually cover such areas as spelling, pronunciation, meaning, grammatical function, usage and etymology. These dictionaries can be monolingual and bilingual. Encyclopedic dictionaries can be further divided into encyclopedia (百科全书) and encyclopedic dictionaries (百科辞典). The difference between them: An encyclopedia is not concerned with the language per se but provides encyclopedic information concerning each headword