Electronic Dictionary Entry Analysis:
A Comparison of Word Entries
in the American Heritage Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary

NAME:

WORD:

In this exercise you will compare the entries for the same word in electronic versions of both the American Heritage Dictionary (AHD) and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Note: Maximum points for each part of analysis appear in parentheses.

                                                                                                                                 POINTS

1. Copy of electronic entries including etymology, pronunciation, etc. (.5)

2.  Pronunciation (.5)

3. Parts of speech identified and abbreviations explained. (.5)

4. Grammatical information and other forms of the word (.5)

5. Comparison of definitions. (1)

6. Subject or usage labels for any definitions with abbreviations explained. (.5)

7. Special phrases or idioms (.5)

8. Etymological information explained. (1)

9. OED citations compared (.5)

10. Indo-European root note in the AHD (.5)

11. Summary of similarities and differences (1) 

12.  Advantages and disadvantages of electronic dictionaries (.5) 

13. What did you learn? (.5) 

12. Spelling and grammar (1) 

13. Overall quality and appearance (.5)

TOTAL (out of 10)