High Frequency Words: The Bête Noire of Lexicographers and Learners Alike. A close look at the verb ‘make’ in five advanced learners’ dictionaries of English
(2004) Proceedings of the Eleventh EURALEX International Congress — p. 233-243, published
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Granger, Sylviane 
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- The highly polysemous and phraseological nature of high frequency words makes them a major stumbling block for both lexicographers and learners. This article seeks to investigate the lexicographic treatment of high frequency words through a detailed study of the verb make in five recent editions of monolingual learners’ dictionaries (CALD 2003, COBUILD 2003, LDOCE 2003, MEDAL 2002 and OALD 2000). After a first section devoted to the nature of high frequency words and the difficulties they pose, sections 2 and 3 respectively focus on the semantic and phraseological treatment of the verb make in the five dictionaries. The article is rounded off by a series of suggestions for improvement and a plea for increased learner training in dictionary use.
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De Cock, S., & Granger, S. (2004). High Frequency Words: The Bête Noire of Lexicographers and Learners Alike. A close look at the verb ‘make’ in five advanced learners’ dictionaries of English. In Williams, G. (ed.), Proceedings of the Eleventh EURALEX International Congress (p. p. 233-243). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/231541