Modern trends in English lexicography

Relevance. The field of modern lexicography presents a great number and variety of dictionaries of all types. Within English lexicography there are monolingual and bilingual general dictionaries, etymological and present-day English dictionaries, those which deal with jargon, dialects and slang. Modern lexicography distinguishes between historical and pragmatically oriented or learner’s dictionaries. Pragmatically oriented dictionaries are those which side by side with meanings of words recorded in works of literature register functionally prominent meanings, thus giving the readers a clear idea of how the word is actually used in speech. Modern trends in English Lexicography are connected with the appearance and rapid development of such branches of linguistics as Corpus Linguistics and Computational Linguistics. Object of study – lexicography of the English language. Subject – modern trends of lexicography. The goal of the study is to study current trends in English lexicography. Based on the goal, the following tasks were set: 1. To research modern electronic learning dictionaries. 2. To research dictionaries of slang and colloquial expressions . 3. To research general characteristics of lexicographic trends. 4. To research computational lexicography. 5. To research corpus-based lexicography. 6. To research Internet lexicography. The study consists of introduction, two chapters, conclusion and list of references.  

In the course of the study, we achieved our goal and reached the following conclusions: 1. Today, in English-speaking countries, educational dictionaries are acquiring an electronic format, which makes it easier for a person to search for unfamiliar words, and also speeds up the learning process. 2. In addition to educational dictionaries, various dictionaries of colloquial expressions, slang, borrowings, etc. also go into the electronic sphere. Undoubtedly, the main trend in modern world lexicography, not only English, is the active use of computer technology. 3. The main trends in lexicography are the use of multimedia means; the navigable help indices in windows oriented software; the use of sound, animation, audio and visual (pictures, videos), etc. 4. Computer linguistics is a branch of linguistics in which computer science methods are used to analyze and synthesize language and speech. In lexicography, achievements in the field of electronic instrumentation and computer science revolutionized the process of word formation, showed new prospects in this area, supported lexicographic research in various directions. 5. Corpus lexicography is an area of language learning based on textual or acoustic cases with very frequent use of a computer at certain stages of data storage, retrieval or analysis. 6. English is the main language of the Internet, so the vast majority of dictionaries are linguistic English-language reference books presented by monolingual, bilingual and multilingual dictionaries.

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