TY - JOUR AU - Eaker, Birgit PY - 2006/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Historisk lexikografi i praktiken. Om momentordningen i SAOB JF - LexicoNordica JA - LN VL - 0 IS - 13 SE - Tematiske bidrag DO - UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/lexn/article/view/18571 SP - AB - <p>The Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB) aims to describe the historical<br />development of Swedish language from 1521 to the present. The first volume was<br />published in 1898, and the latest in 2005, ending with the word tojs. During this time<br />semantic theory as well as lexicographical practice has changed and changes have<br />been made in SAOB, but in all essentials we still follow the lines of direction laid<br />out in the beginning. In this paper I focus on the presentation order in SAOB.<br />Principles of choosing first meaning are discussed, especially the principle of<br />choosing as first meaning the one which corresponds closest to the original one<br />according to the etymology of the word, as opposed to the first one according to the<br />chronology of quotations. Logical versus chronological presentation order of<br />meanings in historical dictionaries is also discussed. In SAOB the first meaning is<br />chosen according to the etymological principle, and the following meanings are<br />primarily presented according to the tradition of logical development of meanings.<br />However, the chronology of the quotations is also taken into consideration. Equally,<br />although we do not embrace the views of natural hierarchy held by our predecessors,<br />we continue to use their presentation order of homographs (male before female<br />before neuter, for example) for practical reasons and reasons of continuity.</p> ER -