OQAATSIT i tid og rum. Historie og status

Abstract

Greenlandic has been a literate society to adequate dictionaries etc. for a relatively long period, compared with the other Eskimo societies. In 1973 there was a radical spelling reform in Greenland which created an acute need for new dictionaries. Until now only a minor Greenlandic-Danish elementary dictionary has emerged, and there is still a great need for dictionaries of many kinds. Unfortunately, this kind of 'industry' is low on the list of priorities. Furthermore, the making of dictionaries between Greenlandic and other languages faces various theoretical and practical difficulties, due to morphologically typological differences.