| dc.creator |
Mtallo, Godson Robert |
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| dc.date |
2018-11-07T05:32:16Z |
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| dc.date |
2018-11-07T05:32:16Z |
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| dc.date |
2015 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-20T08:35:08Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-20T08:35:08Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Mtallo, G.R (2015).A Critical Study of the Word meanings in Dictionaries: a case of Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, seventh edition, Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics,(11) 84-87. |
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| dc.identifier |
2422-8435 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/73 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79320 |
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| dc.description |
One of the main functions of a dictionary is to give the definition of meanings of various words. This view is
supported by various writers who have attempted to explain the meaning of a dictionary. Sally (2005) for
instance, views a dictionary as a book that gives a list of words of a language in alphabetical order and explains
what they mean or gives a word for them in a foreign language.
This paper therefore, seeks to have a critical assessment on the way this function is implemented and wonders
whether the goal is fully attained or not. The paper focuses on examining the definition of meaning of various
words in dictionaries based on the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD), 7th edition. The strengths
and weaknesses of word meanings in dictionaries form the base of this study. The paper concludes that, despite
the weaknesses that OALD demonstrates in defining the meanings of various words, this dictionary seems to
have more strengths than weaknesses, something which gives hope that dictionaries have to a good extent
attained the goals for their existence. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics |
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| dc.subject |
Dictionary, Meaning, Definition, Word (s) |
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| dc.subject |
Dictionary |
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| dc.subject |
Meaning |
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| dc.subject |
Definition |
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| dc.subject |
Word (s) |
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| dc.title |
A Critical Study of the Word meanings in Dictionaries: a case of Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, seventh edition. |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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