The article is devoted to the study of tendencies observed in learner’s lexicography based on an analysis of the current situation in the field of compiling English spelling dictionaries. The material research includes several dictionaries: Oxford School Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Dictionary EBook, Illustrated English Spelling Dictionary by C. Young and some others. The work carried out allows us to come to the following conclusions: a modern
spelling dictionary is often a combination of a reference book and a grammar guide into a single whole; a graphic image can serve as one of the means of semantization in a spelling illustrated or picture dictionary. The following trend is becoming popular: a number of dictionaries, in particular spelling reference books, are published in the format of an electronic book (e-book). Undoubtedly, this is convenient for a user. In addition, separate groups of homophones and homographs dictionaries are created. The microstructure in such dictionaries, as a rule, contains two/three homophones or homographs, definitions, phonetic transcription, and in some cases also illustrative examples and some labels. More than that, dictionaries designed for specific user groups (for example, writers and editors or students engaged in scientific research) are published. The microstructure in such reference books is carefully planned and may include a lexical unit, a definition (if necessary), different spellings of the lexeme depending on the variant of the English language, frequent errors made by users when writing various words and illustrative examples.
For citation: Grigoryeva E.M. Modern tendencies in learner’s lexicography (as exemplified in English spelling dictionaries), Ivanovo State University Bulletin, Series: Humanities, 2024, iss. 3, pp. 62—71.