O "DICIONARIO HISTÓRICO E ETIMOLÓXICO DA LINGUA GALEGA", UNHA NECESIDADE XA REALIZABLE
The Historical and Etymological Dictionary of the Galician Language: A Necessity that Can Finally Be Fulfilled

Author(s): Manuel González González
Subject(s): Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: lexicography; Galician language; historical dictionary; etymological dictionary; historical linguistics
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the project for the creation of the historical and etymological dictionary of the Galician language ('Dicionario Histórico e Etimolóxico da Lingua Galega'). The need for such a dictionary was already expressed by Martín Sarmiento, but it has not been possible to fulfil it chiefly because of the difficulties involved in this type of work and the lack of both human and technical resources. It seems that these limitations have now been partially overcome: there are linguists with sufficient training to prepare the dictionary, and textual sources from all periods in the history of the language are available. The paper analyses the main textual corpora at the disposal of the researchers and discusses some of the problems with retrieving information due to the different structure of those works and the adoption of different criteria. It also mentions other resources that will be useful to those creating the dictionary.

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