Information access has been one of the main concerns of lexicography since the frst dictionaries were compiled. This paper
draws an explicit link between the proposals made from the felds of applied linguistics and website accessibility to enhance
the users’ experience in consulting online dictionaries. The paper starts with a refection on two intertwined notions that
are relevant for the discussion: Access and accessibility. After that, it focuses on elements connected to two Web Content
Accessibility ...
Information access has been one of the main concerns of lexicography since the frst dictionaries were compiled. This paper
draws an explicit link between the proposals made from the felds of applied linguistics and website accessibility to enhance
the users’ experience in consulting online dictionaries. The paper starts with a refection on two intertwined notions that
are relevant for the discussion: Access and accessibility. After that, it focuses on elements connected to two Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines principles, namely perceivability and understandability. It refects on real practices regarding the
way in which information is structured in today’s dictionaries, the use of text alternatives, typographic choice, the writing
of defnitions, and the use of abbreviations, and proposes measures to tackle the identifed challenges. The implementation
of easy-to-understand language is highlighted as a relevant resource for prospective lexicographic projects.
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