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dc.contributor.author | Hashimzade, N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Myles, G. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Myles, G. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Hermes (Denmark), 2017; 27(52):11-24 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0904-1699 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1903-1785 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/118456 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Economics has developed into a quantitative discipline that makes extensive use of mathematical and statistical concepts. When writing a dictionary for economics undergraduates it has to be recognised that many users will not have suffi cient training in mathematics to benefi t from formal defi nitions of mathematical and statistical concepts. In fact, it is more than likely that the user will want the dictionary to provide an accessible version of a defi nition that avoids mathematical notation. Providing a verbal description of a mathematical concept has the risk that the outcome is both verbose (compared to a defi nition using appropriate mathematical symbols) and imprecise. For the author of a dictionary this raises the question of how to resolve this confl ict between accessibility and formal correctness. We use a range of examples from the Oxford Dictionary of Economics to illustrate this confl ict and to assess the extent to which a non-formal defi nition can be viewed as authoritative. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Nigar Hashimzade, Georgina A. Myles and Gareth D. Myles | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University, Denmark | - |
dc.rights | This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v27i52.25132 | - |
dc.title | Can authority be sustained while balancing accessibility and formality? | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7146/hjlcb.v27i52.25132 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
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