Holbergordbogen – en nordisk forfatterskabsordbog
Abstract
Holberg-Ordbog (Copenhagen, Oslo 1981–88) covers the complete works of Ludvig
Holberg, an outstanding Dano-Norwegian author in the first half of the 18th century,
versatile as a dramatic (comedy), historical, and essayistic writer. This paper presents
the five volume lexicographic work, its scope and function as an author’s dictionary of
the so-called selective thesaurus type. By its editorial practice the Holberg dictionary is
a descendant of the Danish national dictionary, Ordbog over det danske Sprog (1919–
56), in return the specialist dictionary can – on many points – furnish important supplementary
material for Danish lexicography in general, as is shown by some examples. A
final section discusses briefly some other Scandinavian and European author’s dictionaries
and concordances/indexes, and the author sides with Wiegand (1986) and Mattausch
(1990) in their underlining of the importance of semantic author’s dictionaries
versus concordances and indexes.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
LexicoNordica og forfatterne