How Dictionary Users Choose Senses in Bilingual Dictionary Entries: An Eye-Tracking Study
We use modern eye-tracking technology to scrutinize the process of sense and equivalent selection in polysemous bilingual entries. Our study subjects, intermediate and advanced Polish learners of English, consulted 26 Polish-to-English dictionary pages prompted with a sentence translation task. Thro...
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| Language: | AF DE EN FR NL |
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Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/047f177ba53b40b6a40a2f0a2949e8d4 |
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| Summary: | We use modern eye-tracking technology to scrutinize the process of sense and equivalent selection in polysemous bilingual entries. Our study subjects, intermediate and advanced Polish learners of English, consulted 26 Polish-to-English dictionary pages prompted with a sentence translation task. Throughout the task, an eye-tracking device unobtrusively recorded their gaze patterns, which are analyzed and discussed. Both successful and unsuccessful searches are examined. Also, we assess the potential of eye-tracking technology in the study of dictionary use. |
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