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Aspects of the Lexicographic Registration of Certain English Collocations in Romanian Dictionaries
Aspects of the Lexicographic Registration of Certain English Collocations in Romanian Dictionaries

Author(s): Vlad Preda
Subject(s): Lexis, Language acquisition
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Collocation; dictionaries; lexicographic; registration; adaptation

Summary/Abstract: The premise behind our research is the constant occurrence of certain English collocations in Romanian (underground, memory-stick, pdf, pps, all-inclusive, wireless,copywriter, copy-paste, offshore, lifestyle, open-minded, playback, hand made, reality show, prepay, voice-over, drag and drop, slide-show, smartphone, timeout, malware, part-time, broadcasting, open-space) on the one hand, and the difficulty in synchronizing it with their lexicographic registration on the other hand. This paper will present several aspects of the lexicographic registration of such highly occurring collocations all the while trying to offer certain solutions.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: XVIII
  • Page Range: 190-198
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English