{"id":9490,"date":"2022-12-31T17:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T07:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2023-03-10T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T06:01:24","slug":"three-hefty-lexica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2022\/12\/three-hefty-lexica\/","title":{"rendered":"Three hefty lexica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In recent months three large Australian bilingual dictionaries have been published, after decades of preparation. Some of their attributes are compared in the table below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, consider what the three works have in common. All were begun more than half a century ago, by trained linguists in collaboration with many named native speakers of the particular language. There are many cross-references between entries, and there is extensive use of example sentences to illustrate senses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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language<\/td>Pintupi-Luritja<\/strong> Dictionary. Fourth edition.<\/em><\/td>Warlpiri<\/strong> Encyclopaedic Dictionary<\/em><\/td>A New Grammar of Dyirbal<\/strong><\/em>. Supplements.<\/td><\/tr>
begun<\/td>1966 by Ken & Lesley Hansen<\/td>1959 by \u2020Ken Hale<\/td>1963 by Bob Dixon<\/td><\/tr>
arrangement<\/td>alphabetical, with English alphabetical finder<\/td>alphabetical, with English alphabetical finder, and scientific name index<\/td>thesaurus of nominals (b) and verbals (c), with Dyirbal alphabetical finder (d)<\/td><\/tr>
entries<\/td>“over 10,000” [back cover]
10,970 entries (no subentries)<\/td>		11,152 entries and subentries, and a further 1362 senses<\/td>(b), (c): too complex to count
(d): over 4000<\/td><\/tr>
scope<\/td>Old and Young language;
includes pronouns, demonstratives. many suffixes, some placenames<\/td>		4 varieties;
includes bound pronouns, nominal suffixes, about 450 placenames<\/td>		10 dialects;
not<\/strong> included are pronouns, noun markers, verb markers, demonstratives, etc.; proper nouns<\/td><\/tr>
pages<\/td>2273 = 8 front matter + 2121 main body + 144 English finder
(in two volumes A-P and R-Y)<\/td>		1447 total =
xv + 1416 + 16
(1188 main body, 133 finder)<\/td>		927 total
(b): xv + 413
(c): xii + 227 + [10]
(d): 238 + 12<\/td><\/tr>
aspect<\/td>portrait<\/td>portrait<\/td>landscape body
portrait finder & prefaces<\/td><\/tr>
font size
<\/td>		approx 12 pt headword
approx 10 pt body <\/td>		10.25 pt headword
9.75 pt body<\/td>		10.46 pt<\/td><\/tr>
page size<\/td>A4 210 x 297 mm<\/td>213 x 273 mm<\/td>NA (A4 PDF)<\/td><\/tr>
graphics<\/td>none<\/td>line drawings through main body; 16 pages of colour images; 3 kinship diagrams<\/td>none<\/td><\/tr>
mass<\/td>6.6 kg = 3.4 + 3.2<\/td>2.8 kg<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
retail price<\/td>$135<\/td>$59.95 hardcover;
ePDF and epub TBA<\/td>		free download<\/td><\/tr>
source<\/td>https:\/\/www.openbookhowden.com.au\/product\/pintupi-luritja-dictionary-vol-1-2-set-fourth-edition\/<\/a><\/td>https:\/\/shop.aiatsis.gov.au\/products\/warlpiri-encyclopaedic-dictionary<\/a><\/td>https:\/\/global.oup.com\/booksites\/content\/9780192859907\/#<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
sample page
(including ‘road’ entry)<\/td>		page<\/a> 2025<\/a>\"\"<\/td>\"\"page 1162<\/a><\/td>(b) page 196<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Comparison of three recent dictionaries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A couple of other sizeable bilingual dictionaries also appeared in the last months of 2022. after many decades work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n