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Presenting Knowledge System of International Trade Terms in Business English Learners’ Dictionaries
HE Jia-ning, ZHOU Zhi-yi, XIE Zi-jun, WU Ming-hui, XU Rong
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2018.08.017
School of English for International Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Dictionaries should present business encyclopedic knowledge as well as business linguistic knowledge. This paper, taking Incoterms for international trade as an example (with “CIF” as the case for analysis), introduces 7 types of dictionary structures (overall structure, frame structure/megastructure, macrostructure, microstructure, distribution structure, cross-reference structure/mediostructure and access structure), summarizes the knowledge system of international trade terms (consisting of “international trade”, “sets of rules of international trade terms”, “Incoterms® 2010”, and “CIF”), and illustrates the methods of systematically presenting the knowledge system of international trade terms through dictionary structures in an English-English-Chinese bilingualized business English learners’ dictionary with Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English (New Edition) as a reference. Such presentation is intended for enhancing business English learners as dictionary users to grasp the knowledge of international trade terms as a whole.
business English learners’ dictionary (BELD), dictionary structure, terminological knowledge system, international trade term, knowledge presentation, business English
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