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- Monolingual_learners_dictionary abstract "A Monolingual learner's dictionary (or MLD) is a type of dictionary designed to meet the reference needs of people learning a foreign language. MLDs are based on the premise that language-learners should progress from a bilingual dictionary to a monolingual one as they become more proficient in their target language, but that general-purpose dictionaries (aimed at native speakers) are inappropriate for their needs. Dictionaries for learners include information on grammar, usage, common errors, collocation, and pragmatics, which is largely missing from standard dictionaries, because native speakers tend to know these aspects of language intuitively. And while the definitions in standard dictionaries are often written in difficult language, those in a monolingual learner’s dictionary aim to be simple and accessible.Monolingual learner's dictionaries have been produced for learners of several languages, including German, Spanish, Dutch, and Chinese. But most of the activity in this field is for people learning English. The first English MLD, published in 1935, was the New Method English Dictionary by Michael West and James Endicott, a small dictionary using a restricted defining vocabulary of just 1490 words. Since the end of World War Two, global sales of the MLD have run into the tens of millions, reflecting the boom in the English language teaching industry.Probably the best-known English monolingual dictionary for advanced learners is the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, now in its eighth edition. It was originally published in Japan in 1942 as The Idiomatic and Syntactic Dictionary of English, written by A. S. Hornby and two collaborators. It was subsequently republished as A Learner's Dictionary of Current English in 1948, before acquiring its current name.Other publishers gradually entered the market. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English was published in 1978, and its most striking feature was the use of a restricted defining vocabulary, which is now a standard feature of learners' dictionaries. There are currently six major MLDs for advanced learners. In addition to the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, these are:Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, first published in 1987Cambridge International Dictionary of English, 1995, now published as the Cambridge Advanced Learner's DictionaryMacmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, 2002Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary, 2008All of these dictionaries are available in hard copy and online.Monolingual learner's dictionaries have been the subject of scholarly work, and the standard book on the subject is Cowie 1999.Since the 1980s, the English MLD has, arguably, been the most innovative area in the field of lexicography, in terms of both the way dictionaries are written and the aspects of language which dictionaries describe. Advances include:the use of corpora as a basis for language description, a radical innovation which was introduced by the COBUILD project in the 1980s and is now standard practice in lexicographythe use of intelligent software for extracting information from corpora and for automating the dictionary-making processdetailed information about collocation, such as the ‘collocation boxes’ in the Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners[1], which give lists of high-frequency collocates, identified using Sketch Engine software the use of digital media: MLDs were among the first dictionaries to appear on CD-ROM, with the Longman Interactive English Dictionary leading the way in 1993. More recently the six MLDs listed above have become available in free online versions.Monolingual learner's dictionaries have also been the subject of research into how people use dictionaries.".
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