"Cultural Code Keeper Dictionary" as a non-Classification Type of Lexicographic Work

Abstract

In addition to the existing classification of dictionaries, it is proposed to distinguish the non-classification type of lexicographic works – «cultural code keeper dictionary» – on the basis of the sociolinguistic characteristic identifying the role of dictionaries in the formation of identity of large and small groups. An example of such a work is «An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland» by the Danish linguist J. Jacobsen.

Keywords

• the Shetland dialect
• Norn
• identity
• sociolinguistic characteristic of a dictionary
• «cultural code keeper dictionary»