Original scientific paper

Large dictionary of the Croatian standard language and its normative and synonymous instructions

Artur R. Bagdasarov orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-6070

Abstract

The paper describes the monolingual Great Dictionary of the Croatian Standard Language (VRH) from 2015, which was developed on descriptive-prescriptive principles. VRH is an extensive and significant handbook on contemporary Croatian literary (standard) language. The main attention in the paper is paid to the lexicographic analysis of normative and synonymous references. The large and very exhaustive range of rich vocabulary determines its value, but also certain shortcomings: inaccuracy of criteria for distinguishing normative words and synonyms, a mixture of synchronic and diachronic intersection in describing normativity and synonymy. The need for compiling a normative, prescriptive Croatian dictionary with clear and precise criteria of its standardity was also expressed.

Keywords

explanatory dictionary, normativity, entry, normative references, synonymous references.

Hrčak ID:

244645

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/244645

Publication date:

9.10.2020.

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