Universal Ideographic Dictionary-Thesaurus of Russian Vocabulary: Data Organization and Glossary Formation

Abstract

The principles of data collection and organization for the new Universal Ideographic Dictionary-Thesaurus of Russian Vocabulary, created at the Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg, Russia) under the guidance of Professor L. G. Babenko is discussed in the article. The specificity of previous lexicographic sources is reviewed. Ideographic databases, with which the staff of the Ural Semantic School worked earlier, are characterized. Examples of identifying denotative spheres and denotative-ideographic groups, the structure of which makes up the synopsis of the thesaurus are given. The number of these classes and the set of entries in the original database, which is the basis of the future dictionary, are discussed. In addition, examples of forms for working with dictionaries and the data structure (a set of fields) of the Universal Ideographic Dictionary-Thesaurus are shown. In addition, examples of forms for working with dictionaries and the data structure (a set of fields) of the Universal Ideographic Dictionary-Thesaurus are shown. The reasons for the quantitative asymmetry of the new thesaurus and the original database are considered: statistical, logical-semantic and lexical-grammatical factors. Conclusions are drawn about the prospects of the new project as uniting and developing the ideas of the Ural Semantic School.