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Leksykografia a komparatystyka
Lexicography and comparative studies

Author(s): Ewa Szczęsna
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: interdisciplinarity; context; comparison; glossary; hypertext
Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of the article is a presentation of relationships between lexicography and comparative studies. While crossing the boundaries of texts, disciplines, discourses is the essence of comparative research, the delimitation and defining the boundaries of words and theirs collections is the task of lexicography. The article shows the mutual relevance of both areas (and ways of thinking) despite these differences. The confrontation and the comparison are necessary components of the research of the lexicographic. In turn, comparative studies, are based on what is defined, and crossing some boundaries, establishes the following. The article shows the cooperation between both ways of thinking in practice, and stresses the role of digital technologies in the creation of new forms of glossaries.

  • Page Range: 273-287
  • Page Count: 15
  • Publication Year: 2020
  • Language: Polish