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Kristín Bjarnadóttir: Málíræði í orðabókum
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Sigfús Blöndal. 1920-1924. /slensk-dönsk orðabók. Reykjavík. [Blöndals-
orðabók.]
Sjá líka Beygingarlýsingu íslensks nútímamdls á vefsetri Orðabókar Há-
skólans: lexis.hi.is
Abstract
The topic of the paper is the scope and presentation of grammatical
information in Icelandic dictionaries. Grammar (or linguistics) is the
foundation on which dictionaries rest, but there is nevertheless a fun-
damental difference between a grammar and any kind of dictionary.
The topic of a grammatical description is the structure of the language
in question, focusing on the whole, i.e. top-down. The structure of a
dictionary is based on individual entries, and the focus is bottom-up.
Taking information on inflectional morphology and the transitivity
and case assignment of verbs as examples, three different methods
of division of labour between grammar and dictionary are discussed.
The conclusion is that the dictionary needs to provide its own stand-
alone description of grammatical features, with sufficient detail to pro-
vide for the user's needs, because of the difference in focus between a
dictionary and a grammar.
Lykilorð:
málfræði í íslenskum orðabókum
beyging í íslenskum orðabókum
rökliðir sagna í íslenskum orðabókum
Keywords:
grammatical information in Icelandic dictionaries
inflectional morphology in Icelandic dictionaries
transitivity and case assignment in Icelandic dictionaries
Kristín Bjarnadóttir
Orðabók Hdskólans
Neshaga 16
Reykjavík
kristinb@lexis.hi.is