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A diustinction is made between different types of law dictionaries. A Monolingual law dictionary covers one Language , a Bilingual covers two.

A distinction may also be made as to its coverage. A law dictionary that covers an entire field of law is called a Single-field Dictionary , whereas a dictionary that covers a part of a field of law is called a Sub-field Dictionary , e.g. a dictionary of Contract law. If the law dictionary attempts to cover all the terms in the field of law, its is called a Maximizing Dictionary , and if it attempts to cover only a limited number of terms, it is called a Minimizing Dictionary .

A good bilingual law dictionary needs to take the users' expected language and professional competences into account. The , structure and presentation of the relevant information. When making a law dictionary, the lexicographers attempt to present the information in such a way that the user is not burdened with excessive Lexicographic Information Costs .


RELEVANT LITERATURE

  • Sandro Nielsen: ''The Bilingual LSP Dictionary. Principles and Practice for Legal Language''. Gunter Narr Verlag 1994 .




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