Słownik carycy Katarzyny Wielkiej w kontekście europejskich teorii językowych II połowy XVIII wieku i na tle tradycji leksykograficznej
The dictionary of Empress Catherine the Great against European linguistic theories of the second half of the 18th century and lexicographic tradition

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents Cpaвниmeльныe cлoвapи вcѣxъ языкoвъ и нapѣчій… – Linguarum totius orbis vocabularia comparativa... (1787–1789), a dictionary published in Petersburg, which is called the dictionary of Empress Catherine the Great in the relevant literature. The 18th-century lexicon, where “all languages of the world” were recorded in Cyrillic, is discussed in this paper from the viewpoint of its contemporary European linguistic theories and multilingual lexicographic tradition, which was already established in Europe. The fi rst attempts to develop a more serious linguistic typology, discussions of the protolanguage and relations between languages, as well as seeking a universal language and alphabet at that time shaped attitudes and set the stage for scientifi c linguistics, which was to be born soon. The dictionary Cpaвниmeльныe cлoвapи…, which is discussed in the paper, was to be a certain response to the abovementioned linguistic issues.

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