Pole semantyczne terminu "książka elektroniczna"

Abstract

Purpose/Thesis: The purpose of this paper is to study the current meaning of the term “electronic book” based on selected contemporary encyclopaedias and dictionaries. Approach/Research methods: The study is conducted with semantic field analysis. Definitions were collected from encyclopaedias and dictionaries (in Polish and English) and then studied in search for key elements of descriptions and frequency of particular feature occurrence. Results and conclusions: The paper presents the results of the analysis of collected definitions and aims to investigate the meaning of the term “electronic book” based on two groups of extracted features – formal and abstract ones. Originality/Value: The results of the research may be used in terminology studies in the field of Library and Information Science. The research will contribute to the development of terminology in the field of information science and book studies.