The Evolution of Pedagogical Lexicography From the 1990s to the DigitalEnvironment: An Analysis of Open Source Materials

Abstract

The dictionary is a tool with a clear didactic function: explaining the intrinsic characteristics of the terms in a specific context, with the objective that the user can both understand and use words appropriately. However, since the introduction of new technologies and the internet, the way of dealing with lexicographical work has changed, as have the ways of consultation. While dictionaries used to be conceptualized as large paper books, they are now enriched and interconnected online platforms. The proposed topic in the present text may be of interest to explain the current pedagogical lexicography landscape and to know what open lexicographic resources can be used by students and teachers of Spanish as a mother language (L1) and as a second language (L2) or as a foreign language (ELE); since, thanks to these databases, a representative sample of the language in use is provided.