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Important Aspect of Lithuanian Dialectology: Dialect Dictionaries
Important Aspect of Lithuanian Dialectology: Dialect Dictionaries

Author(s): Janina Švambarytė-Valužienė
Subject(s): Language studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Syntax, Lexis, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: dialect dictionaries; subdialects and subdialect groups; types of dictionaries; sample of vocabulary (lexicon); periodization;

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims to describe the school of compilation of Lithuanian dialect dictionaries the formation of which covers the period from the end of the 20th century till the beginning of the 21st century. This article reviews fifteen dialect dictionaries published in 1944–2017: periodization, structure (volume, types of presentation of lexis), geographical distribution, which reflects the aim of the preservation of border dialects and subdialects for scientific and educational purposes.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 79
  • Page Range: 263-278
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English