THE PLACE TO MEET WITH WORDS: EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE EDITED BY D.N. USHAKOV

Abstract

Dmitrij Nikolaevich Ushakov (1873-1942) was an outstanding linguist and teacher, author and editor of the first completed dictionary of the Russian language of the Soviet era. The article contains brief information about the history of the creation of Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language edited by D.N. Ushakov. The features of the dictionary are analyzed, which made it relevant for the contemporaries of the dictionary and important for linguists - our contemporaries. The main purpose of the dictionary, based on the traditions of Russian lexicography, was to educate a wide range of readers. It has a normalizing character, which is expressed in the presence of a wide range of stylistic litters, including prohibitive ones, in the inclusion in the dictionary of incorrect pronunciation options, grammatical and spelling design of words, incorrect meanings of words, accompanied by an indication of their profanity. The dictionary had a huge impact on subsequent explanatory dictionaries, although not all of its important properties were inherited by them. Modern linguists studying the history of words will find a lot of interesting language material in this dictionary. Modern lexicographers have a lot to learn from this dictionary.