The language of Pskov and the culture of its description in dialectography

Abstract

Natalia V. Bolshakova – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor; Pskov State University, Pskov, Russian Federation.

ORCID: 0000-0002-2038-9565

Received: 18/04/2021. Accepted for publication: 06/08/2021.

The article deals with topical issues of the Pskov dialect lexicography. The purpose of the article is an analytical review of lexicographic projects implemented in the traditions of the Larinskaya Scientific School. "Pskov Regional dictionary with historical data", which is created on the initiative of the outstanding philologist B. A. Larin, is recognized in the scientific world as an innovative lexicographic work. The multi-volume work, which combines modern and historical dictionaries in one corpus, carries the idea of consistency and historicism, providing a high degree of reliability of the language data reflected in it. The article expresses the idea of a high lexicographic culture embodied in the publication. Lexicographic culture is such a capacious concept that includes a high professional level of performance in the implementation of large-scale scientific tasks. The article also examines small completed lexicographic projects within the framework of Pskov dialectography: the first experience of an ethnolinguistic dictionary, a thematic illustrated dictionary. It is shown how Pskov authors implement modern tasks of digitization of lexicographic space. Based on the first issues of the Pskov Regional Dictionary, an online version is available (https://pos.spbu.ru/online/); the regional ethnolinguistic dictionary formed the basis of the website "The Traditional World of Pskov Peasants" (http://ethnodict.pskgu.ru/), where, in addition to verbal content, authentic visual material is presented. Particular attention is paid to the project of a comparative dialect dictionary of the Pskov-Belarusian borderlands. The dictionary under development presents the results of observations on the features of the lexical-semantic system of border folk dialects and contacting East Slavic languages. The dictionary is a lexicographic project that is original in form and relevant in content. The paper emphasizes that each of the new dictionaries does not fill in the gaps of the "Pskov Regional Dictionary", but allows its authors to implement the ideas of the Larinskaya lexicographic school in experimental projects. The article raises the question of a broad understanding of the Pskov dialect lexicography. The expansion of the range of dictionaries is connected with the lexicography of Russian dialects, originally close to Pskov, in the near abroad.