A perspective on e-lexicography

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of basic assumptions and classifications in the discipline of e-lexicography. The classification of e-dictionaries, the description of the lexicographical process for e-dictionaries, and an overview of the most popular dictionary writing systems (DWS) and corpus query systems (CQS) are provided. The online e-dictionary project elexiko (Institute of German Language) is presented as a best-practice example. The Elexiko project’s purposes and goals, theoretical and methodological background, modules, and its user perspective are described. The workflow of the project of building a lexical and semantic database of the Croatian language (MetaNet.HR) is described as a potential basis for a corpus-based and corpus-driven e-dictionary of the Croatian language. MetaNet.HR is a database of cognitive primitives, image schemas, semantic frames, metaphors, and metonymies in the Croatian language (with their respective lexical units and/or linguistic examples). The database is being compiled as part of the Croatian Metaphor Repository project.

Keywords

• e-lexicography
• e-dictionary
• lexicographic process
• elexiko