Abstract
Dictionaries of economics have evolved over time. In the past, most dictionaries were similar to glossaries and were in printed form. In this Internet era, some printed dictionaries have evolved into online dictionaries with various number of technological features. However, the evolution of these dictionaries has not taken into account the evolving needs and situations of the users. Consequently, as we can see from the review of the current online dictionaries of economics, these dictionaries have failed to satisfy the needs of the users, particularly the spoken text reception needs. This paper presents some principles in creating a future dictionary of economics that can satisfy the needs related to the situation when a non-native English speaker is listening to business news in the English language. The future dictionary or the proposed dictionary in this paper takes the concept of a lexicographical information system (LIS) that integrates several components into the dictionary. The four components discussed are a voice recognition function, a tooltip, an auto-summarize function, and a definition-finder. This paper shows why these four components are needed and how they can solve the users’ lexicographical problems correctly, promptly, and conveniently.
Highlights
Lexicography has gone through significant transformations over the centuries
As we have seen in the previous sections, there are still a lot of things that we can and should do in order to improve the quality of the future dictionaries of economics
A dictionary of economics needs to evolve from a glossary to a lexicographical information system (LIS)
Summary
Lexicography has gone through significant transformations over the centuries. In the English language, the origins of English lexicography can be traced back to the Old English period. For a text that is too long, it is necessary to provide a tool that the users or the business persons can use to satisfy their ultimate need, that is to understand the main points of the news In this case, the dictionary can provide the component called the auto-summarize function. The definition-finder gives the users the opportunity to access all data in the web, but with targeted searches and present the results in structured ways that the users only see the definitions or the sentences that they need to know in order to understand the meaning of a word or a term. This will help the lexicographers decide what word or term should be added into the dictionary in the update of the dictionary
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