Multimodal lexicography: The representation of meaning in electronic dictionaries

Lexikos

Volumn 20, Issue , 2010, Pages 290-306

  Lew, Robert ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animation; Audio; Electronic dictionary; Illustration; Learner's dictionary; Meaning; Multimodality; Sound effects; Specialized lexicography; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751683130     PISSN: 16844904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/lex.v20i1.62717     Document Type: Review

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