Task_6_Aleksandra_Ushakova

     


        Hello everyone!
       
        We all, as linguists, always have to use some resources to find an appropriate word, for our essay, for instance. Of course, no one want to make a mistake using a wrong word, so these resources should be trustworthy. Today I'm going to tell you about dictionaries I can rely on.

       

      Nowadays it is maybe strange to use a paper dictionary while we can use an e-version of it. However, I still have one. The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the book that I quite often turn to. As it's made for learners, I can easily find the information that I need to know about a word. There is such information as word meaning with all shades, combinability that is clear from examples given and some idioms or expressions in which this word is used. 

       

     

Despite I do love using paper dictionary I can't deny the advantages of e-dictionaries. I also have a favourite one among others. It is the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. I found out all the advantages of this resource thanks to our lexicology seminar devoted to lexicography. I reckon, the most attractive benefit of LDoCE is ability to see not only the word itself, but also its derivatives and examples of use from Corpus. Sometimes the origin of the word is given too. Last but not least, you can hear the right pronunciation, both British and American variants, that certainly can't be found in a paper version. 

Dictionaries, of course, are very good helpers in case of writing essays. They help to find a right word quickly enough. However, they definitely don't help to learn words. So, I think it's important to know how to use dictionaries, but the more important thing is to know how to use the vocabulary you've already known without turning to any resources. With this phrase that, I hope, will provoke you to think a little bit I'd like to finish my post. Hope it was useful.