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Introduction Dictionaries andaccess Dictionaries andaccess Rufus H.Gouws 3 43 - - Downloaded By: 10.3.98.104 At: 00:29 28 Sep 2021; For: 9781315104942, chapter3, 10.4324/9781315104942.ch3 these publicationswillbereferredtointhischapterbutabriefandfarlessdetailedway rent discussion does not attempt to go into the same detail. Some seminal issues discussed in the access structure can be found in Wiegand (2008) and Wiegand and Beer (2013). The cur of access in both printed and online dictionaries. Comprehensive and detailed discussions of but will also gobeyondtheaccess structurebylookingatthemorecomprehensive process early andnecessarysteptoensureeventualsuccessfuldictionaryconsultationprocedures. and the information retrievable by the intended target users. Access to the data on offer is an need tobeselectedandthenecessarystructuresemployed to make the dataaccessible Rufus H.Gouws 44 these at directed not is answered be to question The counterparts. printed their to similar structure access an have do dictionaries) printed of versions digital are only actually that CD on dictionaries (e.g. e-dictionaries Some system? single of a to arrangement belong aninterrelated that components of evidence sufficient still there Is dictionaries. online to search directionmaythenbe upwards insteadofthedefaultdownwarddirection. search zone beyond the zone that contains the required item. On the vertical search route the Even on the inner search route a user can move from the lemma sign asguiding element to a pass the desired article stretch or the relevant search and then has to page backwards. ture stretch, is not necessarily monodirectional because on the outer search route a user can struc- access partial given a also structure. therefore access and the ordering, in The stretch and anytwoormoresubsequentcomponentsoftheaccess structurerepresentapartial structure, article partial a by determined is part route. That search complete the of part a of between the full structure or a partial structure. The search route of a given user may consist consultation proceeds in a specific ordering or partial ordering. A steps followedoromitted, there is alinear ordering inthetotal number ofsteps,andatypical the desired article stretch that contains the article with the required item. Irrespective of the least a part of a rapid access structure or the search words onthe top of each page to reach at need will user experienced most the even But occurs. data required the presenting item steps onthe external search route before reaching the lemma sign ofthe article in which the process, whereassomeonenotfamiliar with thesamedictionary needs togothroughallthe be retrieved. lowed toreach the destination which isthe item from whichthe required information can in dictionaries with or general, either the full search route or onemore sections of the search route could be fol- dictionary specific the with user specific the of familiarity the on dictionary.Depending a to turn user the lets which realised is need lexicographic a where tures determine the search route a user can follow from an extra-lexicographical situation struc- access inner and outer the combination In article. dictionary the in item specific a to dictionary a of order,identified. linear spine the a on is entries There the from example, for access the at structure in printed dictionaries the arrangement and organisation of elements can Looking be clearly 2013:115). Beer and (Wiegand structures access of feature a also is ordering but and structures, 2013:78) ordering are Gouws that 2013:159) and Smit and (Wiegand(Wiegand microstructure macrostructure the e.g. feature, a as ordering sises empha- Wiegand structures dictionary of definition his In system. single a of components as interrelated are that elements of arrangement the is structure a of feature significant A 3.2 This chapter will focus on one of the structures of dictionaries (i.e. the A valid question that arises, then, is whether the notion of an access structure also applies access external the in phases some skip may dictionary specific a with familiar user A

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distinction has access structure), to be made . - Downloaded By: 10.3.98.104 At: 00:29 28 Sep 2021; For: 9781315104942, chapter3, 10.4324/9781315104942.ch3 concept ofaccessinonlinedictionaries). (see Part new access possibilities emerge. I ever, beregardedasacompulsoryphaseinaccessingdictionary, andinonlinedictionaries related arrangement as a structure. The use of this arrangement of components cannot, how- inter the constitute available are still and there are still they that fact The markers. access users relyonall or several components, whereas other users mayutilise a minimum of these dictionary.given a accesses Some user a when used necessarily not are route search the on stones stepping these entry.all However,required the reach to follows user a route access ple online dictionaries also have an arrangement of components that could determine the princi In format. online in accessible and available e-dictionaries those at but dictionaries duced by Hausmann and Wiegand (1989: 329). According to them the “access structure of structure “access the them 329). to Wiegandand (1989: According Hausmann by duced that wordinagivendictionary. This willnotbedoneinthischapter. ing and the implications it had for users when looking for a specific and data regarding together, or one would have had to look at the transition to the system of alphabetical order that refertothingsbelongingthesame themewerebrought ies bymeansofwhichwords would havehadtolookamongothersattheuseofathematic ordering intheearlydictionar the required data. A finding quickly in users assist to dictionaries their planned lexicographers early which in way the on or type structure this of identification formal the to prior routes access of ment perspective on some of thetheoretical discussions ofaccessstructuresthanonthedevelop future utilisationofthesestructurestoimprovethequality ofdictionaries. different componentsandstructuresofdictionaries and adiscussionthathelpedenhancethe procedures. A consultation their in neglected or ies, includingthecontentsandpresentation of dataandthewaysinwhichusersareassisted presented a mirrorthat enabled practical lexicographers to take a critical look atdictionar the important contributions of the emergence of theoretical lexicography was the fact that it of One discussions. theoretical in analysed been or such as named been not had but before structures these of introduction the as regarded be not should tures struc- dictionary of analysis and identification its and theory lexicographic of emergence structures or the establishment of search routes to guide the user to the required entries. The target users. However, the focus in these dictionaries had been on the contents and not on the and thedatainthesedictionaries hadbeenpresentedinwaysthatcouldbeaccessed bytheir sion of a variety of structures were continued in publications like Wiegand (1989a; 1989b). and discussed by Rey-Debove (1971:21), and this identification and comprehensive discus- introduced were microstructures and Macrostructures 2005). (Gouws structures dictionary development of lexicographic theory shifted the focus to an identificationA and discussion of 1971). Zgusta (see typology dictionary of analysis an on and dictionaries prevailing of contents, linguistic the especially contents, the of reflection a on focused primarily theory lexicographic developments early its During 2005). Gouws (see ory orthan attempts to formulate theoretical models to improve the quality of dictionaries It is a well-known fact that the lexicographic practice is much older than lexicographic the- 3.3 The concept of the access structure as one of the core dictionary structures was intro- was structures dictionary core the of one as structure access the of concept The A historical perspective on dictionary access as given in this chapter is rather a historical instruments, practical as functioned dictionaries existence their of ages the Throughout

Access structures VI of this Handbook as well as Chapters

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3.5 45 ------Downloaded By: 10.3.98.104 At: 00:29 28 Sep 2021; For: 9781315104942, chapter3, 10.4324/9781315104942.ch3 instead ofusingtheterm Lemnitzer and Engelberg chapter); (2009); and this Svensén (2009). Bergenholtz in and Gouws (2010) discussed also focus on be access to data not but will which of (all structures access of types of variety a of discussion comprehensive a gives which (2013), Beer and the access structure are expressed by Wiegand in, among others, Wiegand (2008); Wiegand article with therequireditemasfinaldestination. dictionary the within route search the determines structure access inner The sign. determines the searchroutefromentries on the spine ofadictionary up tothe lemma follows, but rather the structure that determines this search route. The outer access structure access structure andsearchbetween route/path distinction clear a for need the stresses (2008:213) Wiegand paths. search inner Unfortunately they fail to define the accessstructures”. structure asaccess such but ratherouter explain thecalled outer and are list, central the of structure access the all above tures, struc- access other “(A)ll whereas structure”, access inner the called is microstructure the Rufus H.Gouws 46 whilst done be will structures other of aspects these of discussion The process. access the of thenatureandrolethese structures,butitonlylooksatsomeoftheissuesrelevant to discussed. It has to be mentioned that this is not briefly a are comprehensive dictionaries or in even balanced data reflection the accessing for relevant are that structures selected about information selected sections following the In negotiated. be to needs structure article the data distribution structure, theframestructure, the macrostructure, the microstructure and user’s dictionary access to envisaged the data the on in offer in role the significant dictionary. a In plays this regard that the role structure of only structures like the the not is structure access structure participates will also come to the fore. It is important to note that the access lemma signasaddress. sion fordata allocated to subsectionsinsearchzoneswithamicrostructural item and notthe completed by non-lemmatic addressing, the data distribution structure has to make provi- ary.addressing lemmatic e.g. addressing, of system complex a for opts lexicographer the If relation also existsbetween thedatadistribution and theaddressingstructuresofadiction the items are accommodated to ensure a successful microstructural ordering. An interactive which in zones search the of identification the in role important an play but microstructure the of components not are indicators structural These indicators. structural and items into divided be can that segments text contains structure article The structure. article the with ture asastructure that presents anordering ofitems within thedictionary article interacts microstruc the that fact the to refer could one interaction this of structures. example an As presentation of data, and the different structures often have an interactive relation with other each structure is co-determined by the function(s) of the dictionary and the distribution and of nature The isolation. in functions structure single no that realise to important is it 1989) Wiegandand Hausmann 2003; 1996, 1989c, 1989b, (1989a, Wiegande.g. Wiegand, Ernst Herbert metalexicographer German prolific the by especially literature, metalexicographic in individually discussed and identified been have structures of variety a Although tures. Metalexicographic research ofthelastthreedecadesoftenfocussedondictionary struc- and theroleofaccessstructure 3.4 Since the early work by Hausmann and Wiegand (1989), advances in the discussion of discussion the in advances (1989), Wiegandand Hausmann by work early the Since With thischapter’s focusonaccess,someaspectsofinteractive relations in whichthe

Core issues and topics: dictionary structures Core issuesandtopics:dictionary access structure, theyrefertothe . The access structure is not the search route a user a route search the not is structure access The . access process. - - Downloaded By: 10.3.98.104 At: 00:29 28 Sep 2021; For: 9781315104942, chapter3, 10.4324/9781315104942.ch3 been on access to data in the central list search routetothesevenuesthatcouldensureanoptimalretrievalofinformation. users needadditional assistance tomakethemawareoftheselocationsand determine a entries. Where access is needed to data allocated to venues other than the dictionary articles, are, themorecomplicated the accessproceduresthatneedtoguideusersdifferent data presentation. The more diverse the data venues determined by the data distribution structure features inonlinedictionaries, to accommodate additional data thatsupplementthedefault outer or texts, outer using of possibility the negotiate also should lexicographers articles), synopsis and articles cross-reference articles, single default (e.g. articles of types different the in zones search various the to distributed be to types data the on deciding Besides 63). 2013: Gouws and (Wiegand,Beer exist zones search different article each within and area resents a search field that contains article stretches in which each article constitutes a search list of the dictionary (i.e. the traditional alphabetical component of printed dictionaries) rep- feature compound structure in online dictionaries (Klosa and Gouws 2015:149). The central the textual book structure in printed dictionaries (Hausmann and Wiegandis, 1989: that 330) or the structure, overall the on decide to need lexicographers The data. the by populated data in adictionary, there has tobeclarity on the differentof venues that are available to be distribution the to Prior 1998:224). Wiegand and (Kammerer types text of carrier a as venues ofall data tobeincluded inadictionary as atext compound orbigtext bution structure (Bergenholtz, Tarp and Wiegand 1999:1778). This structure determines the One of the first structures to be employed in the compilation of a dictionary is the data distri- 3.4.1 distribution structure)needstobedealtwithbeforefurtherattentionaccess. data the accessibility.(i.e. and structure However,one access of aspects various at looking alphabet andthearticlestructure. structure and itsimplications for the access structure, the rapidaccessstructure, the access macro of type the discussed: be will topics four only regard this In structures. dictionary other some of also but structures access of features including access, of features significant dictionaries. in access of objective core the constitutes This consultation. dictionary the prompted that question the to answer unambiguous an provides information this that confidence the ing by accessing the dictionary successfully, retrieving the necessary information and hav- user groupofanydictionary can perform a successfuldictionary consultation procedure sibility tosuchanextentthateventhemostinexperienced member oftheenvisagedtarget and both practical and theoretical lexicographers should strive to elevate the levels of acces- and ways means employed toenhance access tothedataonoffer inadictionary shouldbeapplauded, All accessibility. its by co-determined is practice lexicographic the in product Whether they havean underlying theoretical approach ornot, the eventual success ofany 3.4.2 be madeforsystematicaccesstodatapresentedinothervenuesofagivendictionary also should provision important, remain articles dictionary the in items to access Although In themajority of discussionsaccessstructuresinprinted dictionaries the focushas In ordertoensuresuchanincreased accessibility, it is important to be familiar with some

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– employing the outer and the inner access structure. Dictionaries andaccess , alsoknown . 47 - Downloaded By: 10.3.98.104 At: 00:29 28 Sep 2021; For: 9781315104942, chapter3, 10.4324/9781315104942.ch3 Nasionale woordeboek the horizontally ordered lemmata maintain the strict alphabetical ordering asinFigure ing is complemented by horizontal ordering. This leads to procedures of niching, i.e. where ate from a straight-alphabetical order in favour of sinuous lemma files where vertical order a in presented vertical orderandthetypicalaccesswillproceeddownwardsstartingattopofapage. are lemmata the all macrostructure, straight-alphabetical a In possibilities. access different to lead ordering of types Different way. specific a in articles dictionary of identical (seeHausmannand Wiegand 1989:328). tionary has onlyonewordlistthemacrostructure and thealphabetical access structure are dic- a Where macrostructure. its in list word one than more or one have can dictionary A 3.4.2.1 Rufus H.Gouws 48 Figure 3.2 Figure 3.1 cal ordering on morpho-semantic grounds, asin where the horizontally ordered lemma cluster shows deviation fromthe strict alphabeti partial articlestretchfromthe cal-li-per cal-li-o-pe (Am.mus.)stoomorrel Due toespecially space-saving efforts macrostructuresinprinteddictionaries often devi- The macrostructure is an ordering structure that displays the lemmata as guiding elements blaas I(blase)s.nw. 1.dunvliesgevulmetlugofgas call-ing ( outside callipers inside callipers calliper splint calliper gauge calliper compasses calliper brake rule callipers Cal-li-o-pe (Gr. mit)Kalliope,Kalliopë calling-off afgelasting calling card 2); blaasbrand, blaaskruid, agtig; blaas≈ ‘blasie, van – 3. voorwerpsoos’nblaasofdaarvangemaak Galblaas. Lug-, seepblaas. breuk, pair of

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