Where users search for Italian meanings online : an eye-tracking study : ‘digital native’ dictionaries and ‘combinations of words’
- Publication type
- C1
- Publication status
- Published
- Authors
- Greco, A., & de Schryver, G-M
- Editor
- Kristina Š. Despot, Ana Ostroški Anić and Ivana Brač
- Series
- Lexicography and semantics : book of abstracts of the XXI EURALEX international congress, 8–12 October 2024, Cavtat, Croatia
- Pagination
- 85-92
- Publisher
- Institute for the Croatian Language (Zagreb)
- Conference
- 21st EURALEX International Congress on Lexicography and Semantics, 2024 (Cavtat, Croatia)
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate how learners of Italian as a second or foreign language search for new meanings in online Italian dictionaries. Using eye-tracking technology, we carried out experiments inviting users to do exercises on ‘combinations of words’ while they consulted various dictionaries, including De Mauro – Internazionale and Garzanti Linguistica. Results should suggest how to make digital dictionaries more efficient and thus more useful for learners of Italian as a second or foreign language.