• Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  Author

• Ashfaque Hussain Soomro

  Author

The importance of a dictionary as a reference book for pedagogical purposes is
universally accepted. Bilingual dictionary is an important and vital area in the field of
general purpose lexicography. In this paper, I have studied some selected English-Sindhi
dictionaries. In this study, the microstructure of dictionary with particular emphasis on
presentation of meaning, pronunciation and grammatical information were studied.
Research paradigm for this study is qualitative and ‘content analysis’ was used as the
research tool. It was found that these dictionaries qualify as a good work and carry many
merits but in one aspect or in another. No one dictionary can be categorized and found on
the sound principles of modern Lexicography. A user friendly dictionary based on the
needs and requirements of learners and perfect in all aspects is still to come. The need for
a standard dictionary covering all aspects of the macro and microstructure is suggested.

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