Struktura i funkcja słowników glottodydaktycznych. Słowniki do nauki języka obcego

The aim of the present article is to specify the term glottodidactic dictionaries as well as to define/describe the structure and function of dictionaries used in foreign language learning. The category of glottodidactic dictionaries will include those dictionaries which appear particularly useful in the process of teaching and learning a foreign language. The term glottodidactic is used in its broad sense and will refer to the teaching and learning of one's first as well as foreign languages. Therefore, among glottodidactic dictionaries, there is a differentiation between glottodidactic dictio­naries for first language acquisition on the one hand, and glottodidactic dictionaries for foreign language acquisition on the other. As glottodidactic dictionaries make up a particular category of didactic dictionaries, and didactic dictionaries constitute a particular type of dictionaries in general, thus the inner structure of glottodidactic dictionaries should primarily/first of all be examined within an overall/general typology of didactic dictionaries. The function of glottodidactic dictionaries, however, should be assessed with respect to their glottodidactic relevance.