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Lexicography and Ethnicity (Dictionary Needs of Croatian Ethnics/Immigrants in the US)*
Željko Bujas
Abstract
The paper defines communication needs of ethnic-immigrant
groups as special bilingual-communication needs, with an
important role reserved for dictionaries. Available general-purpose
dictionaries can only partly meet these needs. Special difficulties
arise in the case of Croatian ethnics/immigrants in the US,
when two linguistic systems with' marked lexical polarization
are confronted or overlap (British: American and Croatian:
Serbian). Other major aspects of bilingual dictionaries designed
for an ethnic-immigrant group are the intercultural and the
interstructural transfer of meanig, illustrated by specific
English-Croatian and Croatian-English entries. The specific
position of Croatian dialectal and regional items in such
dictionaries is emphasized and analyzed. Finally, the paper
stresses the need for unconventional dictionary:genres for the
Croatian. ethnic-immigrant group in the US "civilization",
orientation', 'situation' dictionaries; dictionaries for ethnic
women, returnees etc.).
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Hrčak ID:
121801
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Publication date:
25.11.1980.
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