@article{Wiegand_1, title={Textual Condensation in Printed Dictionaries. A Theoretical Draft}, volume={6}, url={https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1029}, DOI={10.5788/6-1-1029}, abstractNote={<p>This article presents an excerpt from a theory of lexicographic texts which deals particularly with dictionary articles. Almost all characteristics of dictionary articles considered as typically lexicographic may be regarded as results of textual condensation processes. A theory of textual condensation in lexicography thus makes it possible to analyse the lexicographic textual condensation from a uniform perspective; it allows us to calculate exactly the degree of textual condensation, it contributes to the construction of a scientific predicate &lt;i&gt;user-friendlier as&lt;/i&gt;, and gives us insights which will make the formulation of dictionary articles more teachable.</p> <p>The theory consists of two parts: a partial theory of inner and a partial theory of outer textual condensation. The first part explains in which way textual condensation may be understood as a process leading from a full text (a text showing complete cohesion and explicit syntax) to a condensed article text (with addressing as syntax substitute and dependence on a metatext). With respect to a monosemous lemma sign, the textual condensation process goes through only one stage, to be exemplified here. With respect to a polysemous lemma sign, there is a second stage, including shifts to the left. Certain article types with certain microstructures such as the annexed microstructures may go through a third stage of textual condensation, accompanied by shifts to the right.</p> <p>The second part of the theory deals with the condensation processes which regard the carriers of the guiding element and which, inter alia, lead to reference articles and lemma clusters.</p> <p>Finally, attention is drawn to a different form of textual condensation regarding the proportion of printed characters in relation to the total printed matter.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Lexikos}, author={Wiegand, Herbert Ernst}, year={1}, month={1} }