The selection of terminological entry, the mode of definition, the system of subject fields and its attribution are conditioned by the type of dictionary. In this paper, we discuss how general dictionaries, contrary to specialized dictionaries, sele...
The selection of terminological entry, the mode of definition, the system of subject fields and its attribution are conditioned by the type of dictionary. In this paper, we discuss how general dictionaries, contrary to specialized dictionaries, select and define terminological units to tum to the question of which role is filled by subject field marking in general dictionaries. The subject field helps, at first, identify terms among general words. Secondly, due to the subject field, we can easily place the term in the relevant conceptual structure and category. The field is closely linked to the content of the definition phrase. A term is always defined according to the attributed domain. We examined several Korean monolingual dictionaries, and found that these factors are not always respected.
We also showed that the attribution of subject field is a useful method to manage polysemy.