| Abstract |
The purpose of the article is to discuss the interaction between synchrony and diachrony in the domain of historical and dialectal lexicography. The discussion is organized on the basis of the various components/“information slots” of a dictionary entry, and more specifically: a) the headword or lemma form (selection of a form belonging to a specific synchrony vs. creating an artificial ‘a-chronic’ form), b) the formal section, where the variant forms of the word are listed (belonging or not to the ‘same’ synchrony, presented or not in ‘chronological’ order), c) the etymological section, where the origin and the morphological analysis of the word is given (by definition the locus of diachronic presentation), and d) the semantic section, where the various senses of the word are listed (again, belonging or not to the same synchrony, and presented or not in chronological order). The discussion is based principally on the Historical Dictionary of Modern Greek (ILNE) of the Academy of Athens, the largest on-going lexicographic project in Greece. |
| BibTex |
@inproceedings{ELX2020_2021-065,
address = {Alexandroupolis},
title = {Drawing the line between synchrony and diachrony in historical and dialectal lexicography},
isbn = {978-618-85138-2-2},
url = {https://www.euralex.org/elx_proceedings/Euralex2020-2021/EURALEX2020-2021_Vol2-p625-634.pdf},
language = {en},
booktitle = {Lexicography for {Inclusion}: {Proceedings} of the 19th {EURALEX} {International} {Congress}, 7-9 {September} 2021, {Alexandroupolis}, {Vol}. 2},
publisher = {Democritus University of Thrace},
author = {Manolessou, Ioanna and Katsouda, G.},
editor = {Mitits, Lydia and Kiosses, Sypros},
year = {2021},
pages = {625--634},} |
