NONVERBAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the periods of development of the English learner’s lexicography. The communicative specificity of learner’s dictionaries consists in their targeting to a clear segment of the readership. These are non-native speakers of English, studying it as a foreign language and living outside the area of its functioning, and, therefore, outside the situational context. The features of users to whom learner’s dictionaries are addressed determine the content and presentation of lexicographic material, which is aimed primarily at expanding the vocabulary of the reader and, moreover, familiarizing him more closely with the culture of English-speaking society. Lexicographers note that every user of the dictionary faces three problems: how to find the right information; how to understand it (comprehend) and how to apply what you understood. The history of the creation of educational dictionaries of the English language begins in the middle of the twentieth century. Lexicographers unanimously name such dictionaries as the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners as the “Big Five” of educational dictionaries, the highest achievement in this field of lexicographic practice (pinnacle of monolingual learners’ dictionaries).