[Lexicog] A bit of orientation needed! (Dictionary Solftware)

[Hayim Sheynin]

Dear Jose Luiz,

Everything depends on the aims of the composer and on intended audience.
Sometimes etymology becomes important, especially in the cases when
the words in different languages of the same genetic family are coming
from different sources. Also, there are many cases when the etymology
sheds light on the meaning (=definition). In my opinion the linguist can not
and should not ignore the etymology, especially in such a neat group as
Romance languages. I have in mind not only words of Latin provenance, but
also borrowed words which indicate language contacts separate for each of
languages of the group, e.g. Arabic and Berber and other oriental words in
 Iberian Romance against Slavic and Turkish words in Rumanian and
Moldavian, as well as Hebrew, Turkish and Greek words in Judeo-Spanish.

This is my humble opinion and credo as a linguist,

Hayim Sheynin

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:11 AM, J.L. DeLucca <jldlme at yahoo.com> wrote:

>      Jorje and Hayim,
>
> According to the investigations of  Barnhart (1962),  Béjoint (1981) ,
> Tomaszczyk (1979) and other the dictionary users are interested in
> definitions, usage examples and spelling not in etymology.
>
> Best regards
>
> J.L. De Lucca
>
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 2/16/09, Hayim Sheynin <hayim.sheynin at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: Hayim Sheynin <hayim.sheynin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lexicog] A bit of orientation needed! (Dictionary Solftware)
> To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:31 AM
>
>   Jorje,
>
> Are you aware of existing etymological dictionaries of Romance languages
> and etymological dictionaries of separate Romance languages?
>
> Hayim Sheynin
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:39 AM, <Neal_Brinneman@ sil.org<Neal_Brinneman at sil.org>
> > wrote:
>
>>    > I've been trying to develop a multilingual dictionary of Latin and
>> ALL
>> the Romance languages
>>
>> Toolbox and Lexique Pro should handle your data, being unicode compatible,
>> flexible and free.
>> Neal
>>
>> http://www.ncbrinne man.com <http://www.ncbrinneman.com/>
>>
>>
>
> 
>
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