Chapter 3
Defining with a controlled vocabulary
Preliminary insights
Article outline
- 3.1What is the dictionary definition?
- 3.2Defining in plain English: A historical overview of native-speaker dictionary tradition
- 3.3Defining in learners’ dictionaries between 1935 and 1986
- 3.3.1Early learners’ dictionaries: NMED and ISED
- 3.3.1.1NMED (1935)
- 3.3.1.2ISED (1942) and ALD1 (1948)
- 3.3.1.3Conclusion
- 3.3.2Revisions of ALD and emergence of new competitors: 1963–1986
- 3.3.2.1ALD2 (1963)–OALD3 (1974)
- 3.3.2.2LDOCE1 (1978)
- 3.3.3Conclusions
- 3.4Review of previous studies of defining vocabularies
- 3.4.1Summary of previous studies and implications for the current research
- 3.4.2Research hypotheses
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