Dictionary of the Human Body

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A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body by Lidija
Iordanskaja and Slava Paperno, English equivalents by Lesli LaRocco and Jean
MacKenzie, edited by Richard L. Leed.

The complete 420-page text of the 1996 Slavica edition of this dictionary is
now available in hypertext format on the World Wide Web at:

http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/russian.web/material/

Fonts for reading the Dictionary (for Windows and Macintosh) are available
on the same site.

This dictionary is a compilation of exhaustive combinatorial information on
63 parts of the human body and such words as smile, laughter, voice, etc.,
for a total of 73 entries. Each entry lists dozens (or sometimes hundreds)
of phrases which are commonly used in combination with, or are related to,
the headword. The ruka entry, for example, contains about 275 related words
and expressions, grouped according to such categories as: synonyms, size and
shape, strength and mobility, injuries, holding, carrying, seizing,
striking, movements that express emotional states, hands exposed to cold and
wind, etc., as well as many examples of usage from literature. The work
includes an article by Lidija Iordanskaja, "Human Body and Linguistics."

For those who do not have easy access to the WWW, the dictionary is
available on disk.

Any inquiries may be directed to the authors:
Lidija Iordanskaja (melcuk at ERE.UMontreal.CA)
Slava Paperno (sp27 at cornell.edu)
LesliLaRocco (LLL6 at cornell.edu)
Richard L. Leed (RLL6 at cornell.edu)
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