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The model of digitising archival lexicographic publications for the web

open access: yesStudia Lexicographica
The paper presents a model designed to digitise old lexicographic publications from The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography for online publication (e-bastina.lzmk.hr).
Cvijeta Kraus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An analysis of the use of Croatian exonyms in regard to the characteristics of a geographical feature

open access: yesStudia Lexicographica, 2020
The use of exonyms is one of the earliest challenges faced by experts who deal with geographical names on an international level. The prevalent view is that exonyms hinder international communication and their use should therefore be reduced.
Ivana Crljenko
doaj   +1 more source

The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
wiley   +1 more source

English in Icelandic — A comparison between generations

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2004
No abstract available.
Asta Svavarsdóttir
doaj   +1 more source

Diachronic and synchronic thesauruses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
No abstract ...
Alexander, Marc, Kay, Christian
core   +1 more source

L2 Writing Assistants and Context-Aware Dictionaries: New Challenges to Lexicography

open access: yes, 2017
Dictionaries are increasingly integrated into other tools designed to assist the reading, writing and translation of texts. Write Assistant is a newly developed tool aimed at assisting people writing in a second language.
S. Tarp, Kasper Fisker, P. Sepstrup
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is there really a dictator's dilemma? Information and repression in autocracy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract In his seminal work on the political economy of dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe posited the existence of a “dictator's dilemma,” in which repression leaves an autocrat less secure by reducing information about discontent. We explore the nature and resolution of this dilemma with a formalization that builds on recent work in the political economy
Scott Gehlbach   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Considering a lexicographic plan for Gabon within the Gabonese language landscape [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article raises a number of questions that should be dealt with in drawing up a lexicographic plan for Gabon. For which of the Gabonese languages should lexicographic units be established? This question entrains the issue of inventorying the Gabonese
Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Hugues Steve
core  

Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
wiley   +1 more source

Making geography move: The Royal Geographical Society and the exchange of periodical knowledge, 1830–1900

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper examines how the Royal Geographical Society's (RGS's) Library and Map Committee disciplined the exchange of the first English‐language geographical journal in the nineteenth century. The periodical's archive reveals the institutional mechanisms that shaped the journal's networks of gifting and exchange but also the deliberate ...
Benjamin Newman
wiley   +1 more source

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