Computerized dictionary for expressive language, and its vocabularies are arranged in a narrative format under each topic and retrievable via a subject-oriented index system

摘要

Contrary to traditional alphabetic-arranged dictionary, which is a reference tool for receptive language such as reading and hearing, my computerized dictionary is helpful resource for expressive language. Its vocabularies are arranged in a narrative format in the glossaries under each special topic and retrievable via a subject-oriented index system. ;The information flow oriented in my dictionary and the steps of operation as following: ;1. Initiates from the user's idea, or a desire to express, or want to share his feeling or the product of his thought with somebody else both in writing and speaking. ;2. Embody the idea or the desire into a preset topic. ;3. Retrieve a glossary of this topic via a subject-oriented index system or a search engine. ;4. The narrative-arranged glossary will remind, enrich, and refresh the user's word power and expressive language to cover the preset topic ;5. Retrieve the entries for detail reference. The user can click the words listed on glossary and hyperlinked to the its entry. The entries supply detail rhetoric reference with the plenty of modifiers, sample sentences, sample article, and sample document. ;My dictionary and the glossaries can be used for the foreign-language translation. The glossaries can be the guideline of vocabulary selection and the resources of wording for translating the written material under a preset topic or field. ;My dictionary and the glossaries also can be used as an independent word-processing software or a component of this kind of software.