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Lexicographers' Dreams in the Electronic-Dictionary Age
2003
International Journal of Lexicography
The arrival of the modern computer set in motion a series of lexicographers' dreams without equal in the history of dictionary making. Achieving the wildest of those electronic-dictionary vistas has the potential to result in reference works beyond all recognition. This potential, alas, remains to be realised. The aim of this article is to analyse the major achievements and future prospects when it comes to 'human-oriented electronic dictionaries' (for short EDs). In the first two sections the
doi:10.1093/ijl/16.2.143
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