Report on the Revision of the Swedish Academy Dictionary – and the Search for “Old Neologisms”
(2024) p.507-522- Abstract
- In 2023, the first edition of the diachronic-contemporary Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB) was finished after more than 130 years of work. The dictionary contains over 500,000 entries and describes the Swedish language from the 1520s to the present day. However, a consequence of the extended time of publication is that a significant part of the content, in particular in the first volumes, was out of date even by the time of completion of the full edition. Headwords had become obsolete, the meta-language was outdated in several regards, and a lot of modern words are lacking in the lemma list of the dictionary. To address this, a revision project was initiated in the beginning of 2024. This article reports on the revision in more detail,... (More)
- In 2023, the first edition of the diachronic-contemporary Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB) was finished after more than 130 years of work. The dictionary contains over 500,000 entries and describes the Swedish language from the 1520s to the present day. However, a consequence of the extended time of publication is that a significant part of the content, in particular in the first volumes, was out of date even by the time of completion of the full edition. Headwords had become obsolete, the meta-language was outdated in several regards, and a lot of modern words are lacking in the lemma list of the dictionary. To address this, a revision project was initiated in the beginning of 2024. This article reports on the revision in more detail, with emphasis on the supplement of new entries. (Less)
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- In 2023, the first edition of the diachronic-contemporary Swedish Academy
Dictionary (SAOB) was finished after more than 130 years of work. The dictionary contains over 500,000 entries and describes the Swedish language from the 1520s to the present day. However, a consequence of the extended time of publication is that a significant part of the content, in particular in the first volumes, was out of date even by the time of completion of the full edition. Headwords had become obsolete, the meta-language was outdated in several regards, and a lot of modern words are lacking in the lemma list of the dictionary. To address this, a revision project was initiated in the beginning of 2024. This article reports on the revision in more... (More) - In 2023, the first edition of the diachronic-contemporary Swedish Academy
Dictionary (SAOB) was finished after more than 130 years of work. The dictionary contains over 500,000 entries and describes the Swedish language from the 1520s to the present day. However, a consequence of the extended time of publication is that a significant part of the content, in particular in the first volumes, was out of date even by the time of completion of the full edition. Headwords had become obsolete, the meta-language was outdated in several regards, and a lot of modern words are lacking in the lemma list of the dictionary. To address this, a revision project was initiated in the beginning of 2024. This article reports on the revision in more detail, with emphasis on the supplement of new entries.
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- Swedish Academy Dictionary, historical dictionaries, dictionary revision, neologisms
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- Lexicography and Semantics : Proceedings of the XXI EURALEX International Congress 8–12 October 2024 Cavtat, Croatia - Proceedings of the XXI EURALEX International Congress 8–12 October 2024 Cavtat, Croatia
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- Š. Despot, Kristina ; Ostroški Anić, Ana and Brač, Ivana
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- Institut za hrvatski jezik
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- 978‐953‐7967‐77‐2
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abstract = {{In 2023, the first edition of the diachronic-contemporary Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB) was finished after more than 130 years of work. The dictionary contains over 500,000 entries and describes the Swedish language from the 1520s to the present day. However, a consequence of the extended time of publication is that a significant part of the content, in particular in the first volumes, was out of date even by the time of completion of the full edition. Headwords had become obsolete, the meta-language was outdated in several regards, and a lot of modern words are lacking in the lemma list of the dictionary. To address this, a revision project was initiated in the beginning of 2024. This article reports on the revision in more detail, with emphasis on the supplement of new entries.}},
author = {{Nilsson, Pär}},
booktitle = {{Lexicography and Semantics : Proceedings of the XXI EURALEX International Congress 8–12 October 2024 Cavtat, Croatia}},
editor = {{Š. Despot, Kristina and Ostroški Anić, Ana and Brač, Ivana}},
isbn = {{978‐953‐7967‐77‐2}},
keywords = {{Swedish Academy Dictionary; historical dictionaries; dictionary revision; neologisms}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{507--522}},
publisher = {{Institut za hrvatski jezik}},
title = {{Report on the Revision of the Swedish Academy Dictionary – and the Search for “Old Neologisms”}},
url = {{https://euralex.jezik.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Euralax-XXI-final-web.pdf#page=508}},
year = {{2024}},
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