Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective

This paper presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, the largest survey of dictionary use to date with nearly 10,000 participants in nearly thirty countries. The paper focuses on the comparison of the results of the Slovenian participants with the results of the participants fro...

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Main Authors: Iztok Kosem, Sascha Wolfer, Robert Lew, Carolin Müller-Spitzer
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2018-12-01
Series:Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/slovenscina2/article/view/8142
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description This paper presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, the largest survey of dictionary use to date with nearly 10,000 participants in nearly thirty countries. The paper focuses on the comparison of the results of the Slovenian participants with the results of the participants from other European countries. The comparisons are made both with the European averages, and with the results from individual countries, in order to determine in which aspects Slovenian participants share similarities with other dictionary users (and non-users) around Europe, and in which aspects they differ. The findings show that in many ways the Slovenian users are similar to their European counterparts, with some noticeable exceptions, including (much) stronger preference for digital dictionaries over print ones, above-average reliance on other people when dictionary does not contain the relevant information, and the largest difference between the price of a dictionary and the amount willing to spend on it.
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spelling doaj-art-097ff88fa73545a48084b7d7f7903dde2025-08-20T03:50:32ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave2335-27362018-12-016110.4312/slo2.0.2018.1.90-134Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International PerspectiveIztok Kosem0Sascha Wolfer1Robert Lew2Carolin Müller-Spitzer3Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v LjubljaniInstitut für Deutsche Sprache, MannheimAdam Mickiewicz University, PoznańInstitut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim This paper presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, the largest survey of dictionary use to date with nearly 10,000 participants in nearly thirty countries. The paper focuses on the comparison of the results of the Slovenian participants with the results of the participants from other European countries. The comparisons are made both with the European averages, and with the results from individual countries, in order to determine in which aspects Slovenian participants share similarities with other dictionary users (and non-users) around Europe, and in which aspects they differ. The findings show that in many ways the Slovenian users are similar to their European counterparts, with some noticeable exceptions, including (much) stronger preference for digital dictionaries over print ones, above-average reliance on other people when dictionary does not contain the relevant information, and the largest difference between the price of a dictionary and the amount willing to spend on it. https://journals.uni-lj.si/slovenscina2/article/view/8142user research, dictionary use, general monolingual dictionary, attitudes towards dictionaries, lexicography, international comparison
spellingShingle Iztok Kosem
Sascha Wolfer
Robert Lew
Carolin Müller-Spitzer
Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective
Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave
user research, dictionary use, general monolingual dictionary, attitudes towards dictionaries, lexicography, international comparison
title Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective
title_full Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective
title_fullStr Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective
title_short Attitudes of Slovenian Language Users Towards General Monolingual Dictionaries: an International Perspective
title_sort attitudes of slovenian language users towards general monolingual dictionaries an international perspective
topic user research, dictionary use, general monolingual dictionary, attitudes towards dictionaries, lexicography, international comparison
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/slovenscina2/article/view/8142
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