The Image of the Monolingual Dictionary Across Europe. Results of the European Survey of Dictionary use and Culture

The article presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, focusing on general monolingual dictionaries. The survey is the broadest survey of dictionary use to date, covering close to 10,000 dictionary users (and non-users) in nearly thirty countries. Our survey covers varied user groups, going beyond the students and translators who have tended to dominate such studies thus far. The survey was delivered via an online survey platform, in language versions specific to each target country. It was completed by 9,562 respondents, over 300 respondents per country on average. The survey consisted of the general section, which was translated and presented to all participants, as well as country-specific sections for a subset of 11 countries, which were drafted by collaborators at the national level. The present report covers the general section.

Stella Markantonatou | Špela Arhar Holdt | Hilary Nesi | Oddrun Grønvik | Voula Giouli | Nikola Ljubešić | Tomislav Stojanov | Tanara Zingano Kuhn | Iztok Kosem | Antton Gurrutxaga | Christian-Emil Ore | Carolin Müller-Spitzer | Marie-Aude Lefer | Robert Lew | Jelena Kallas | Margit Langemets | Carole Tiberius | Henrik Lorentzen | Elena Volodina | Izabella Thomas | Ildikó Pilán | Kristina Koppel | Maria Tuulik | Toma Tasovac | Sascha Wolfer | Sturla Berg-Olsen | Gabriela Haja | Amelie Dorn | Dirk Geeraerts | Maria Ribeiro Silveira | Ilan Kernerman | João Paulo Silvestre | Michal Škrabal | Klara Ceberio | Louise Holmer | Barbora Štěpánková | Kristina Štrkalj Despot | Knut E. Karlsen | Tarja Heinonen | Chris Mulhall | Marius-Radu Clim | D. Geeraerts | Carole Tiberius | Nikola Ljubesic | Voula Giouli | R. Lew | Andreas Abel | H. Nesi | Iztok Kosem | A. Dorn | M. Lefer | Henrik Lorentzen | Sascha Wolfer | T. Kuhn | A. Gurrutxaga | Emma Sköldberg | Stella Markantonatou | T. Heinonen | Kristina Š. Despot | Jelena Kallas | Margit Langemets | Kristina Koppel | K. Ceberio | Andrea Abel | Lars Trap-Jensen | Elixabete Etxeberria | Veronika Vodrážková | Tinatin Margilitadze | Yifat Ben-Moshe | Tsvi Sadan | Martina Nied Curcio | Lidija Tanturovska | Biljana Nikovska | Marit Hovdenak | Knut E Karlsen | Monika Biesaga | Elena Tamba | Madalin-Ionel Patrascu | Snežana Petrović | Carlos Valcarcel Riveiro | María José Domínguez Vázquez | Gabriela Haja | I. Pilán | B. Stepánková | T. Tasovac | C. Ore | Michal Skrabal | Carolin Müller-Spitzer | E. Volodina | Ilan Kernerman | C. Mulhall | Emma Sköldberg | Carlos Valcárcel Riveiro | Lars Trap-Jensen | Tsvi Sadan | Tomislav Stojanov | O. Grønvik | Maria Tuulik | Elixabete Etxeberria | Veronika Vodrážková | Izabella Thomas | Tinatin Margilitadze | Yifat Ben-Moshe | L. Tanturovska | Biljana Nikovska | Marit Hovdenak | Sturla Berg-Olsen | Monika Biesaga | Elena Tamba | Marius-Radu Clim | M. Patrașcu | S. Petrovic | L. Holmer

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