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Information Sources and Services

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the LCD and electronic components from the external pressures caused by bending and
crushing.
Questions:
1. Analyse the case and interpret it.
2. Write down the case facts.
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9.5 Summary

Sometimes the term “encyclopaedia” in a title may be used for a work, which may be
nothing but a subject dictionary.

Modern large dictionaries called unabridged dictionaries are encyclopaedic in nature,
providing information about the thing and the word.

The word ‘glossary’ originates from the Latin word ‘glossarium’ meaning ‘a collection of
words peculiar to a field of knowledge’.

Each entry in a glossary is known as a ‘gloss’ meaning ‘a word’. a comment’, ‘an explanation’
or ‘an interpretation’.

Lexicon is a derived from a Greek word ‘Lexicon’, meaning ‘dictionary’.
Each entry in the Lexicon is known as ‘Lexis’ meaning ‘a word’.
Lexicon is a dictionary of words of a language, arranged alphabetically giving meaning in
another language.
Multilingual dictionaries may be grouped as: Bilingual; and Multilingual.
The main function of both the historical dictionary and the etymological dictionary is to
present the history of a lexical item.
The historical dictionary records the development of a lexical item in terms of both the
form and the meaning of the particular lexical unit, whereas the etymological dictionary
presents the origin of words by tracing the present day words to their oldest forms.

9.6 Keywords

Dictionary: It is a form of reference that deals with words, their meaning and uses.
Dictionary of Pronunciation: Pronouncing dictionaries are exclusively with the pronunciation
of words.
Dictionary of Spellings: They include selected words giving priority to those which are difficult
to spell. They cover words which their pronunciation.
Etymological Dictionaries: Etymological dictionaries give the history of words, their origin
and derivation in the development of a language.

Etymology: Etymology means the science of the origin and history of words.
Gloss: Each entry in a glossary is known as a 'gloss' meaning 'a word', a comment', 'an explanation'
or 'an interpretation'.

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