General issues of online dictionary use
- The first international study (N=684) we conducted within our research project on online dictionary use included very general questions on that topic. In this chapter, we present the corresponding results on questions like the use of both printed and online dictionaries as well as on the types of dictionaries used, devices used to access online dictionaries and some information regarding the willingness to pay for premium content. The data collected by us, show that our respondents both use printed and online dictionaries and, according to their self-report, many different kinds of dictionaries. In this context, our results revealed some clear cultural differences: in German-speaking areas spelling dictionaries are more common than in other linguistic areas, where thesauruses are widespread. Only a minority of our respondents is willing to pay for premium content, but most of the respondents are prepared to accept advertising. Our results also demonstrate that our respondents mainly tend to use dictionaries on big-screen devices, e.g. desktop computers or laptops.
Author: | Alexander KoplenigORCiDGND, Carolin Müller-SpitzerORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-21774 |
URL: | https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110341287.127 |
ISBN: | 978-3-11-034116-4 |
Parent Title (German): | Using online dictionaries |
Series (Serial Number): | Lexicographica : series maior (145) |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Place of publication: | Berlin; Boston |
Editor: | Carolin Müller-Spitzer |
Document Type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | German |
Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2014/04/23 |
Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
Reviewstate: | (Verlags)-Lektorat |
Tag: | payment models; printed vs. online dictionaries; small screen devices vs. big screen devices; types of dictionaries |
GND Keyword: | Computerunterstützte Lexikographie; Wörterbuch |
First Page: | 127 |
Last Page: | 141 |
DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 430 Deutsch |
Open Access?: | ja |
Leibniz-Classification: | Sprache, Linguistik |
Linguistics-Classification: | Lexikografie |
Licence (German): | ![]() |