英语词典义项排列的基本原则与发展趋势  

Fundamental Principles and Trends of the Arrangement of Senses in English Dictionaries

作　　者：黄群英[1] 

机构地区：[1]广东外语外贸大学国际文化交流学院,广东广州510420

出　　处：《咸宁师专学报》2001年第5期136-138,共3页Journal of Xianning Teachers College

摘　　要：词典的义项通常需要遵循一定的排列原则和方法 ,本文以英语词典为例 ,探讨义项排列的基本原则与发展趋势。词典义项排列的三种基本原则分别为 :历史发展原则、逻辑联系原则和使用频率原则。这三种基本原则各有其优缺点。随着事物的不断发展 ,词典的义项排列方法也在不断地有新的发展 ,一部词典要采用何种主要的义项排列方法取决于词典的宗旨和服务对象 ,由于三种基本排列原则各有优缺点 ,事实证明各种方法的相互取长补短。Senses in dictionaries are usually arranged according to certain principles or methods.Taking English dictionaries as examples,the present paper is a study of the fundamental principles and trends of the arrangement of senses.The three fundamental principles of the arrangement of senses in dictionaries are as follows:the Principle of Historical Development,the Principle of Logical Relations and the Principle of frequency.These three fundamental principles have their respective advantages and disadvantages.With everything being developed,the methods of the arrangement of senses in dictionaries also have continuous new developments.various arrangements are possible,the determining factors being for whom the dictionary is intended and for what use or uses.In reality ,there is no single principle by the exclusive application of which all polysemous entries of a dictionary could be arranged as to the sequence of the single sense.

关 键 词：义项排列 历史发展原则 逻辑联系原则 使用频率原则 

分 类 号：H06[语言文字—语言学]