【正确答案】：
(1) LINGUISTIC DICTIONARIES AIM AT DEFINING WORDS AND EXPLAINING THEIR USAGES IN THE LANGUAGE. THEY USUALLY COVER SUCH AREAS AS SPELLING, PRONUNCIATION, MEANING, GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION, USAGE AND ETYMOLOGY, ETC. THESE DICTIONARIES CAN BE MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL. (2)ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARIES CAN BE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO ENCYCLOPEDIA AND ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARIES. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA IS NOT CONCERNED WITH THE LANGUAGE PER SE BUT PROVIDE ENCYCLOPEDIC INFORMATION CONCERNING EACH HEADWORD. THERE THE READER CANNOT FIND PRONUNCIATION OR MEANINGS OR USAGES BUT OTHER INFORMA TION. ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARIES HAVE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH LINGUISTIC DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIA. IN SUCH DICTIONARIES ONE CAN FIND THE GENER AL INFORMATION AS IN A LINGUISTIC DICTIONARY AND LIMITED ENCYCLOPEDIC INFOR MATION AS WELL. 
【题目解析】：(1) Linguistic dictionaries aim at defining words and explaining their usages in the language. They usually cover such areas as spelling, pronunciation, meaning, grammatical function, usage and etymology, etc. These dictionaries can be monolingual and bilingual. (2)Encyclopedic dictionaries can be further divided into encyclopedia and encyclopedic dictionaries. An encyclopedia is not concerned with the language per se but provide encyclopedic information concerning each headword. There the reader cannot find pronunciation or meanings or usages but other informa tion. Encyclopedic dictionaries have the characteristics of both linguistic dictionaries and encyclopedia. In such dictionaries one can find the gener al information as in a linguistic dictionary and limited encyclopedic infor mation as well.
