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It shows how dictionary users deal with definitions which contain 'etc.' in the explanation
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Why is it important?
It draws the attention of lexicographers and dictionary makers to users' problems with definitions containing 'etc.'
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This papers highlights dictionary users', particularly Arabs, difficulties in deciphering the device 'etc. which is used quite often in the definitions especially after verbs to stand for noun collocates of the target verb.'
Dr Safi Eldeen Alzi'abi
Isra University, Jordan
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This page is a summary of: Help or hindrance: “Etc” in learner’s dictionaries?, European Journal of Applied Linguistics, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/eujal-2014-0028.
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