Dictionaries and lexical databases of the Polish language
Dictionaries and lexical databases of the Polish language

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the study is monolingual electronic lexicography. The aim of the article is to show the impact of computer techniques on the organization, size, purpose and content of dictionaries. In the present study, the author focuses on electronic databases and defines what they are, explaining how their structure and the data collected in them influence the form of electronic dictionaries. The article analyses three modern Polish dictionaries: Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego PWN [The Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language PWN], Wielki słownik języka polskiego PAN [The Great Dictionary of the Polish Language PAN] and Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [The Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]. The author argues that the way of organizing and presenting knowledge in the discussed reference works allows users to exploit them in an advanced way, which leads to efficient access to detailed information about lexical units and their grouping, as well as ad-hoc compilation of “sublists” that meet specific expectations of recipients.

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