The Spanish learner's dictionary DAELE on the panorama of the Spanish e-lexicography
- Autores: Irene Renau, María Paz Battaner Arias
- Localización: Electronic lexicography in the 21st century: New Applications for New Users : Proceedings of eLex 2011, Bled, 10-12 November 2011 / coord. por Iztok Kosem, Karmen Kosem, 2011, págs. 221-226
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This paper presents a prototype of an Internet-based Spanish dictionary for foreign learners, the "Diccionario de aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera" (DAELE, http://www.DAELE.eu), focusing on the possibilities that the new electronic format offers, as well as the details of the editing of the dictionary and the properties of the user interface. DAELE is, first of all, a dictionary, and the adjective electronic comes after paying attention to all the classic lexicographical tasks: in a context - that of Spanish lexicography - where paper format and traditional approaches are most frequently found, DAELE has been created from scratch. Firstly, we start off by offering a short retrospective of Spanish and European e-lexicography; secondly, we explain the characteristics of the dictionary as a learners' tool, developed under the influence of Sinclair's conception of lexicography (put in practice in COBUILD, Sinclair and Hanks, 1987). Thirdly and finally, we adhere to De Schryver's account of lexicographers' dreams (2003), and we contribute with our suggestions to the future - a future that still seems far away and some dreams that seem to be already ageing.