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Vorwort
(2014)
Dieser Band vereinigt Beiträge aus zwei Arbeitstreffen des von der DFG geforderten wissenschaftlichen Netzwerks „Internetlexikografie“ (www.internetlexikografie.de) und setzt damit die Reihe der Arbeitsberichte des Netzwerks fort. Das zweite Arbeitstreffen des Netzwerks fand am 5. und 6. Dezember 2011 in Berlin (DE) statt und hatte „Vernetzungs- und Zugriffsstrukturen bei Internetworterbüchern zum Thema. Das folgende Arbeitstreffen wurde am 3. und 4. Mai 2012 in Bozen (IT) abgehalten und beschäftigte sich mit „Aspekten der automatischen Gewinnung von lexikografischen Angaben“. Der Band enthält die Ausarbeitungen ausgewählter Beiträge der beiden Treffen. Beim zweiten Arbeitstreffen mit dem Thema „Vernetzung und Zugriffsstrukturen“ wurden Fragen für die Internetlexikografie behandelt, die für den Bereich der Printlexikografie schon recht lange diskutiert wurden, durch die Möglichkeiten des neuen Mediums, die sich am besten mit dem Stichwort „Verlinkung“ charakterisieren lassen, aber eine ganz neue Dimension erhalten. Beim Berliner Arbeitstreffen wurden verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Kodierung von Vernetzungen und ihre Onlineprasentation anhand von Beitragen zu theoretischen und praktischen Aspekten diskutiert, um zu zeigen, wie sie fur unterschiedliche Zugriffsstrukturen nutzbar gemacht werden können.
Using online dictionaries
(2014)
The chapter provides a review of research literature on the use of electronic dictionaries. Because the central terms electronic dictionary and research into dictionaiy use are sometimes used in different ways in the research, it is necessary first of all to examine these more closely, in Order to clarify their use in this research review. The main chapter presents several individual studies in chronological order.
Questions of design
(2014)
All lexicographers working on online dictionary projects that do not wish to use an established form of design for their online dictionary, or simply have new kinds of lexicographic data to present, face the problem of what kind of arrangement is best suited for the intended users of the dictionary. In this chapter, we present data about questions relating to the design of online dictionaries. This will provide projects that use these or similar ways of presenting their lexicographic data with valuable information about how potential dictionary users assess and evaluate them. In addition, the answers to corresponding open-ended questions show, detached from concrete design models, which criteria potential users value in a good online representation. Clarity and an uncluttered look seem to dominate in many answers, as well as the possibility of customization, if the latter is not connected with a too complex usability model.
This chapter presents empirical findings on the question which criteria are making a good online dictionary using data on expectations and demands collected in the first study (N=684), completed with additional results from the second study (N=390) which examined more closely whether the respondents had differentiated views on individual aspects of the criteria rated in the first study. Our results show that the classical criteria of reference books (e.g. reliability, clarity) were rated highest by our participants, whereas the unique characteristics of online dictionaries (e.g. multimedia, adaptability) were rated and ranked as (partly) unimportant. To verify whether or not the poor rating of these innovative features was a result of the fact that the subjects are not used to online dictionaries incorporating those features, we integrated an experiment into the second study. Our results revealed a learning effect: Participants in the learning-effect condition, i. e. respondents who were first presented with examples of possible innovative features of online dictionaries,judged adaptability and multimedia to be more useful than participants who did not have this information. Thus, our data point to the conclusion that developing innovative features is worthwhile but that it is necessary to be aware of the fact that users can only be convinced of its benefits gradually.
The methods utilized in the area of research into dictionary use are established research methods in the social sciences. After explicating the different steps of a typical empirical investigation, this article provides examples of how these different methods are used in various user studies conducted in the field of using online dictionaries. Thereby, different kinds of data collection (surveys as online questionnaires, log files and eye tracking) as well as different research design structures (for instance, ex-post-facto design or experimental design) are discussed.