Dictionary of Alsatian Dialects
The dictionary of Alsatian dialects contains the scientifically processed vocabulary of the Alsatian districts of Upper and Lower Alsace and is one of the large-scale dialect dictionaries of German.
type
The Alsatian dictionary documents - like the Lorraine dictionary - especially the words and expressions that deviate from the written language. Thus it can be characterized as an idioticon . The Swiss Idioticon 1881 ff served as a model for the overall conception . The arrangement of the keywords is not smooth alphabetical, but follows a system like the Swiss Idioticon or the Bavarian Dictionary Johann Andreas Schmeller , according to which the consonant framework of the stem syllable is decisive for literacy. The vowel or diphthong of the stem syllable is only taken into account after the consonant or consonants that follow it. Thus z. E.g. the following order for the keywords with the stem consonants F – CH: Fach - Fech - Vieh - Fuchs. Derivatives and compositions are classified under the respective determinant.
history
The Alsatian dictionary was written by Ernst Martin (1841–1910), professor in Strasbourg since 1877, and Hans Lienhart (1858–1928).
The material basis of the dictionary was a collection of 100,000 pieces of paper, which after the establishment of the office in 1887, v. a. from 1890 onwards. In addition to 6,000 pieces of paper contributed by August Stöber (1808–1884) and the questionnaires asked by Louis Gustave Liebich (1824–1910) for an Alsatian grammar, it was mainly teachers who contributed the material when requested.
In the “Dictionary Network” project, which is being developed in the “Competence Center for Electronic Indexing and Publication Processes in the Humanities” at the University of Trier , an online version of the Alsatian dictionary was developed that is linked to other dictionaries.
literature
- Ernst Martin / Hans Lienhart: Dictionary of Alsatian dialects. Trübner, Strasbourg 1899–1907.