Rankraštiniai Kristijono Gotlybo Milkaus prierašai jo žodyne Littauifch=deutfches und Deutfch=littauifches Worter=Buch (1800)
Marginal inscriptions by Kristijonas Gotlybas Milkus in his dictionary: Littauifch=deutfches und Deutfch=littauifches Worter=Buch (1800)

Summary/Abstract: Our article deals with the marginal manuscript inscriptions of Kristijonas Gotlybas Milkus (1733-1807) in two copies of his own printed dictionary Littauiµch = deutµches und Deutµch=littauiµches Wærter=Buch (Königsberg, 1800), which are kept in the Library of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (call numbers: LK'18/5/I and LK'18/5/II). In all we have found 246 inscriptions and 29 underlined words. The inscriptions served to prove the authorship of Milkus' main fictional work - the poem Pilkainis (the analysis of Milkus handwriting was done by Jadvyga Ignatjeva). They also served to trace the type of Milkus' work with his dictionary after it was printed. The inscriptions prove that Milkus did not intend to alter the structure of his printed dictionary. On the other hand they demonstrate that Milkus approached his text critically and attempted to expand or make certain places of the dictionary more precise. The primary goal of Milkus' work with the dictionary after it was published was supplementation. The following main additions were made: (a) Lithuanian equivalents in the dictionary were added as well as word combinations and  illustrative patterns from the spoken language; (b) New dictionary entries were created; (c) Grammatical information was revised: certain main forms of verb inflection were added; certain morphological homonyms were separated.

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