Preliminaries to a Typology of Romanian Multilingual Dictionaries
Preliminaries to a Typology of Romanian Multilingual Dictionaries

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian multilingual dictionaries, made by specialists from various science fields, are very different, unequal in terms of linguistic and lexicographical treatment. This research project aims to study these dictionaries determining the stages of development and the significant types. To the brief history of four centuries, we can restore some periods in the three major stages of development of Romanian lexicography as a whole. There is a correlation between the two prototypes identified in the international lexicography, and also a paradigm shift originating in the late nineteenth century, signaled by the linguist Mircea Seche. In conclusion, we can talk about two main stages and two prototypes in the Romanian multilingual lexicography: polyglot dictionary and multilingual terminology dictionary. This research project will investigate the prototypes and will examine the typology of Romanian multilingual dictionaries.

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