There is no doubt that example sentences enhance a dictionary’s value by providing dictionary users with the typical context of words. But how many examples do dictionary users need in a dictionary, or how many examples in a dictionary lead to confusion? The aim of the paper is twofold. First, an attempt will be made to investigate the usefulness of encoding examples in language production. Second, the aim will be to see whether a multitude of encoding examples exhibiting various types of syntax and collocation patterns confuse or benefit students of English during a translation task. 213 Polish learners of English participated in the study. To achieve the aims of the present study, mixed-effects logistic models were fitted and analyzed for the purpose of statistical analysis. The findings of the current study suggest that the presence of encoding examples in dictionaries is beneficial to learners of English in language production. Also, it can be inferred from the data that exposure to eight examples exhibiting two target syntax/collocation patterns of use is equally helpful to dictionary users as the availability of three examples exhibiting a single target syntax/collocation pattern.

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更多示例可能会使词典用户受益

毫无疑问，例句通过为词典用户提供单词的典型上下文来提高词典的价值。但是词典使用者需要多少词典的例句，或者说词典中有多少例句会导致混乱呢？本文的目的是双重的。首先，将尝试调查编码示例在语言生成中的有用性。其次，目的是了解在翻译任务中，展示各种类型句法和搭配模式的大量编码示例是否会使英语学生感到困惑或有益。213 名波兰英语学习者参与了这项研究。为了实现本研究的目的，为了统计分析的目的，对混合效应逻辑模型进行了拟合和分析。目前的研究结果表明，词典中编码示例的存在有利于英语学习者的语言生成。此外，从数据中可以推断，暴露于展示两种目标句法/搭配使用模式的八个示例对词典用户的帮助与展示单一目标句法/搭配模式的三个示例的可用性一样。