[B-Greek] Comprehensive 1c Bilingual Koine Greek Dictionary [*Webster's]

Kimmo Huovila kimmo.huovila at helsinki.fi
Sun Aug 24 14:27:00 EDT 2008


On Friday, August 22, 2008, Randall Buth wrote:
> The difference is that a monolingual dictionary does much of this without 
even
> trying. Synonyms and word relations occur in the process of providing the
> information about the entry and when giving citations.

Agreed. I think that also in writing a monolingual dictionary it would be good 
to put conscious effort into this.

So, the coice between a monolingual or bilingual dictionary is a matter of 
convenience. Perhaps less ink will be needed for word relations in a 
monolingual dictionary, but more care needs to be excercised to avoid 
circular definitions. Pictures and other illustrations (or a bilingual basic 
dictionary) may be needed to break circularity. I really don't care too much 
if the dictionary will be monolingual or bilingual as long as it is rich 
enough in information.

Kimmo Huovila



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