| Abstract: |
The electronic medium offers improved search facilities and allows much more information in comparison with the paper dictionary. Some of these possibilities are outlined and discussed in relation to ordnet.dk, a Danish electronic reference work that combines three existing lexicographic resources into one site available on the Internet. The project involves digitalization of the 28-volume historical dictionary Ordbog over det danske Sprog (ODS, Dictionary of the Danish Language) and integrating it with its 5 supplementary volumes. The ODS together with the modern, corpus-based Den Danske Ordbog (The Danish Dictionary) provide dictionary coverage of the Danish language from c. 1700 to the present. The integration of the two dictionaries with the corpus web site Korpus 2000 will enable the user to access further linguistic material, and will enable lexicographers to utilize corpus material in new and more focused ways in the individual entries. Given the limits of a medium-sized project (4-5 lexicographers, 6 years) the editorial staff need to make a number of strategic choices among the options available. At present, priority is given to developing onomasiological search facilities and exploring ways of integrating corpus and dictionary material. |