Electronic dictionaries exist in digital form and can be accessed through various media like dedicated devices, apps, software, and online. They are created by profiling intended users' needs, selecting words and definitions, organizing components, and choosing structures to present data. The creation process involves excerpting texts, selecting entries, constructing uniform entries with lemmas and descriptions, and arranging entries alphabetically or through other ordering systems. Definitions, synonyms, examples, and labels are used to describe word meanings. Electronic dictionaries offer new possibilities compared to print dictionaries and continue to be improved through research.

2. INTRODUTION:
 An electronic dictionary is a dictionary whose data
exists in digital form and can be accessed through a
number of different media.
 Electronic dictionary can be found in several forms ,
including ;
As dedicated hand held device
As apps on smart phones and tablets or
computer software's.
As a function built into an E-reader.
As free or paid for online products.

3. Electronic
dictionary
Offline dictionary
Pocket electronic
dictionaries
Pc dictionaries
Online dictionary

4.  Profiling the intended users{ i.e. linguistic and non-
linguistic competence} and identifying their needs.
 Defining the communicative and cognitive functions of
the dictionary.
 Selecting and organizing the components of the
dictionary.
 Choosing the appropriate structures for presenting the
data in the dictionary{ i.e. frame structure , distribution
structure , macro-structure , micro-structure and cross-
reference structure.}

5. .
 Selecting words and affixes for systematization as
entries.
 Selecting collocation , phrases and examples.
 Choosing lemma forms for each word or part of word
to be lemmatized.
 Defining words.
 Organizing definition.
 Specifying pronunciation of words.
 Labeling definitions and pronunciation for register
and dialect , where appropriate.
 Selecting equivalents in bi- and multilingual
dictionaries.
 Translating collocations , phrase and examples in bi
and multilingual dictionaries.
 Designing the best way in which users can access the
data in printed and electronic dictionaries

6. 1.The collection of materials
 The basic form of the collection of material is the excerption
of texts.
 The lexicographer takes out of a text lexical unit (words)
which are of interest and put them on single slip of paper:
 the excerption is of value above all if –or rather only if the
lexical unit in question is quoted with its lexicographic
context and
 Preferably if other indications are added, such as the citation
of the source of the excerpt etc ..

7. The next step in the lexicographers’ work is
the selection of entries , i.e. the choice of the
lexical unit which are to be embraced in the
dictionary.
It can be grouped into two broad categories
like :
1.the form of the lexical units
2. the density of the lexical units
included in the dictionary.

8. Single lexical units are in single entries.
All the entries of dictionary should be constructed in a
uniform way as possible.
Each entry should be treated as a compartment of its own ,
containing all the information about the lexical unit of the
dictionary.
The entry consist of two parts
1.the lemma part
2.the description part.
The most important part of the lemma is the entry word
which is the indication of each respective lexical unit in its
canonical form.
This part contains grammatical information , all
irregularities , etymology , derivation, pronunciation etc.

9. DESCRIPTION OF LEXICAL MEANING
According to Zugusta , there are four basic
instrument which are used for the description
of lexical meaning;
 lexicographic definition.
Synonyms.
Exemplification.
Glosses and labels.

10. Normally entries are arranged according to the
alphabetical order of the particular language.
There are other types of arrangements as follows:
1.chronological order
2.classified order.
3.semantic order or thematic order.
 A “mixed” arrangement is one in which two or
more of these are combined.
For example;
Therapy (n)
origin:mid 19th century: from
modern Latin therapia,from Greek therapies
healing, from therapeutic minister to, treat
medically.
meaning: treatment intended to relive or heal a

11.  The basic unit of the dictionary is the treatment unit
 The treatment units results when a form and
information relating to that form are brought together
.(addressing procedure)
 The relation of form and information is that of topic
and comment.
 Each information item is addressed to a form called
address.
 Normally, in the dictionary the most important item is
definition. but there may be hundreds of other
information types.i.e items.
 The most important address is the lemma which
belongs to the alphabetic access structure.
 Macro-structure
 Microstructure.

12.  Lexicography and dictionary research are
exciting areas to work.
 Both are undergoing major changes largely
because of development in information
technology.
 For dictionary makers as well as dictionary
users, computers and particularly, the
internet offers previously un-imaginable
possibilities.
 Dictionary researchers work in reviewing
these works and studying how they are used
,feeds back into the next generation of
dictionaries.
 In this scenario, reviewing the
lexicographical theoretical issues will be
quite essential making electronic
dictionaries in the Indian context.

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