PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF COMPUTER LEXICOGRAPHY
Opportunities of using computers in automating the activitiy of a lexicographer are discussed in this article. Basing on performed comparative analysis advantages of computer lexicography and performance-critical and bilingual dictionaries compiled by IBM computers are studied. It is noted that computers using makes a lexicographer’s work easier as it relieves him from compiling bibliographic cards, requiring a thorough, prolonged hard work. It is suggested to put an end to a great variety of terms which creates incoherence by substituting such terms as “calculating lexicography”, “machine lexicography”, “automatic lexicography” by “computer lexicography” offered by Y.N. Marchuk. Beside these, ways for further development of electronic dictionaries and their perfection are noted in the article. The author’s conclusion on the methods of using electronic resources in the process of foreign languages teaching and as a non-substitute assistant for translators is of special interest.