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Akademický slovník současné češtiny
The Academic Dictionary of Contemporary Czech

Author(s): Pavla Kochová, Zdeňka Opavská
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: dictionary-making principles;lexicography;dictionary macrostructure;dictionary microstructure;monolingual dictionary;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the Academic Dictionary of Contemporary Czech (Akademický slovník současné češtiny). It is a new monolingual dictionary of contemporary Czech work on which has been in progress since 2012 at the Institute of the Czech Language of the Academy of Sciences of the CR. The Academic Dictionary of Contemporary Czech is a medium-sized dictionary with an anticipated total of 120,000–150,000 lexical units. Its objective is to document the widespread vocabulary of contemporary Czech. The article deals with dictionary-making principles concerning both its macrostructure and microstructure.

  • Issue Year: 99/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 57-83
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Czech