Reflections on lexicographical user research

Lexikos

Volumn 19, Issue , 2009, Pages 275-296

  Tarp, Sven ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dictionary usage; Experiments; Function theory; Interviews; Lexicography; Log files; Observation; Questionnaires; Research methods; Tests; User needs; User research; User situations; User typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949536215     PISSN: 16844904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/lex.v19i1.49131     Document Type: Article

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