Zgodność ze sztuką leksykograficzną jako kryterium oceny najnowszych słowników języka górnołużyckiego

Abstract

Reconciling the principles of the art of lexicography as assessment criteria for the most recent dictionaries of Upper Sorbian (Prawopisny słownik hornjoserbskeje rěče and Němsko-hornjoserbski słownik noweje leksiki)

The article demonstrates how far the concepts and categories from Polish metalexicographical manuals are suitable for an examination and evaluation of the most recent standard Upper Sorbian dictionaries. Firstly, the usual evaluation criteria used there for lexicographical description are presented. In doing this, it is analysed which ones are suitable for use with Upper Sorbian lexicography and which are not. To provide a practical example the two newest dictionaries, the Prawopisny słownik hornjoserbskeje rěče and the Němsko-hornjoserbski słownik noweje leksiki are evaluated on the basis of the criteria, which have been selected as suitable. In the following sections reasons are given for the choice of dictionaries, their previous metalexicographical description is summarised again and analysed according to how far they accord with the rules of the art of lexicography in their macro- and microstructure. In doing this the dictionaries in question are compared with the older works on which they are respectively based: with the 4th edition of the orthographical dictionary of P. Völkel (1981) and the two-volume German-Upper Sorbian dictionary of 1989/1991.