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The task of writing dictionaries in the Faroes is mostly one man’s work. The author deals with conditions, needs, concept, shape and some special problems concerning his work on a Faroese-German dictionary, which is mainly intended for upper secondary-school pupils. In order to write a useful dictio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Timmermann, Ulf
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Danish
Published: Nordisk Forening for Leksikografi 2003
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/nsil/article/view/19418
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Summary:The task of writing dictionaries in the Faroes is mostly one man’s work. The author deals with conditions, needs, concept, shape and some special problems concerning his work on a Faroese-German dictionary, which is mainly intended for upper secondary-school pupils. In order to write a useful dictionary during the 21/2 years he has at his disposition, he follows a frequency list of Faroese words which enables him to treat a lot of idioms that are connected with the most frequent words.