Dictionaries as Sources of Folklore Data

Jonathan Roper (editor)

ISBN 10: 9514111575 / ISBN 13: 9789514111570

Published by Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2020

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246 p. Includes: index, bibliography.
"What does Elias Lönnrot have in common with Vladimir Dahl, Antoni Maria Alcover and the Brothers Grimm? The answer is that all of these folklorists were also lexicographers. And there is much folklore data buried in dictionaries, whether compiled by those who were folklorists or by those who were not. Thus dictionaries represent a notable source of folklore data supplementary to the already familiar field, archival and monographic sources. This book attempts to take the measure of such data with a set of studies ranging from Greece to England, and from Newfoundland to Trinidad and Tobago.

An introductory essay discusses the location of folklore within dictionaries. Then the first of the three main sections of the book deals with the role folklore has played in the formation of certain remarkable dictionaries. This is followed by a series of case studies of the folklore content of particular dictionaries. And the book closes with a set of studies that address the methodological issues that using dictionaries as folklore sources raises.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dictionaries as Sources of Folklore Data
• Publisher: Academia Scientiarum Fennica
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9514111575
• ISBN 13: 9789514111570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 6.3W x 9.45H x 0.59D inches 6.3 inches width by 9.45 inches height by 0.59 inches depth
• Seller catalogs:
  • Greece
  • Canada
  • Great Britain
  • Folklore & mythology

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Synopsis

What does Elias Lönnrot have in common with Vladimir Dahl, Antoni Maria Alcover and the Brothers Grimm? The answer is that all of these folklorists were also lexicographers. And there is much folklore data buried in dictionaries, whether compiled by those who were folklorists or by those who were not. Thus dictionaries represent a notable source of folklore data supplementary to the already familiar field, archival and monographic sources. This book attempts to take the measure of such data with a set of studies ranging from Greece to England, and from Newfoundland to Trinidad and Tobago.

An introductory essay discusses the location of folklore within dictionaries. Then the first of the three main sections of the book deals with the role folklore has played in the formation of certain remarkable dictionaries. This is followed by a series of case studies of the folklore content of particular dictionaries. And the book closes with a set of studies that address the methodological issues that using dictionaries as folklore sources raises.