Macrostructure (lexicography)

In dictionaries, macrostructure is the systematically ordered sequence of dictionary entries ( lemmas ) through which the conveyed information is accessible. The lemma represents the lexeme about which language or factual information is provided

The outline structure usually follows alphabetical order .

See also

• Microstructure (lexicography) , mesostructure (lexicography) ,
• Encyclopedia , Lexicography

literature

• Franz Josef Hausmann : Lexicography . In: Schwarze, Christoph and Wunderlich, Dietrich (ed.). Handbook of Lexicology. Königstein / Ts .: Athenaeum, 1985, pp. 367-398.