How to get the right meaning of particles


Since Japanese is a left branching language, do you have trouble getting the
right meaning of words or particles like the particle で in the next sentence
(which can indicate location of action and means of action too)

> ところで、みなさんは “ほぼほぼ”という言葉を 聞いたことがありますか？ 実は、この言葉は、辞書 **で**
> 有名な三省堂が主催した今年の新語大賞に選ばれました。

I assume that seeing it at first, you wouldn't know if it's talking about
"being in/at the dictionary" or "because of the dictionary" (in this case
"because it makes dictionaries/famous for its dictionaries")




I felt there is nothing confusing in this sentence. ～ **で** 有名な is a basic set
phrase that directly corresponds to "being famous **for** ～," and you should
be able to interpret 辞書で有名な三省堂 as "Sanseido, which is famous for dictionaries"
instantly. Lots of examples
[here](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=famous%20for&ref=sa).

If 辞書で does not go well with something right after it, it may be modifying
something distant. For example:

> 辞書で聞いた単語を調べた。

would almost certainly mean "I looked up in a dictionary the word that I
heard", not "I looked up the word that I heard in the dictionary". 辞書で
modifies not 聞いた but 調べた, and I can say that because 辞書で聞いた doesn't make
sense.

In this case, 辞書で主催する and 辞書で選ばれる do not make much sense to me anyway, while
辞書で有名 is instantly understandable.




I felt there is nothing confusing in this sentence. ～ **で** 有名な is a basic set
phrase that directly corresponds to "being famous **for** ～," and you should
be able to interpret 辞書で有名な三省堂 as "Sanseido, which is famous for dictionaries"
instantly. Lots of examples
[here](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=famous%20for&ref=sa).

If 辞書で does not go well with something right after it, it may be modifying
something distant. For example:

> 辞書で聞いた単語を調べた。

would almost certainly mean "I looked up in a dictionary the word that I
heard", not "I looked up the word that I heard in the dictionary". 辞書で
modifies not 聞いた but 調べた, and I can say that because 辞書で聞いた doesn't make
sense.

In this case, 辞書で主催する and 辞書で選ばれる do not make much sense to me anyway, while
辞書で有名 is instantly understandable.

