Sõnaraamatu kohtulingvistiline analüüs: Eesti pretsedent
Linguistic forensic analysis of a dictionary: an Estonian precedent

Summary/Abstract: In 2003 the fi rst linguistic forensic assessment of lexicographic objects took place in Estonia. The case required expert assessment of the contents of several dictionaries involved in criminal accusation of theft of intellectual property. The article describes the process of lexicographic expert assessment carried out at the Institute of the Estonian Language, and the ad hoc language-technological method applied. Relying on the results, a critical measure has been elaborated to judge over the degree of originality of bilingual dictionaries. Being the fi rst and only case of its kind in Estonia, it offers a linguistic-forensic precedent.

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