Tolkovye slovari

[Kevin-Konstantin Starikov]

Dear SEELANGERs,


A friend of mine is doing a project on comparative linguistics. One of
her difficulties that she had encountered is finding the statistics on
the vocabularies of Russian and English dictionaries. Which language
has more words? What language has more words in one area and less in
another?
How do Russian and English languages differ in their conceptualization of
what constitutes a word vs. a phrase (f.ex. spustia rukava, etc.)?
What are the good sources on the comparative history of compilation of
Russian and English dictionaries (f.ex. Dal', Webster's, etc.)

Thank you.

Konstantin Starikov

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