Mudra’s Upper Sorbian-Czech dictionary – what can be done about this lexicographic “posthumous child”?

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Brankatschk, Katja - Škrabal, M.
Mudra’s Upper Sorbian-Czech dictionary – what can be done about this lexicographic “posthumous child”?
Brno: Lexical Computing CZ s.r.o., Brno, Czech Republic, 2021. Electronic lexicography in the 21st century (eLex 2021): Post-editing lexicography Proceedings of the eLex 2021 conference. ISSN 2533-5626. In: Electronic lexicography in the 21st century: post-editing lexicography. Proceedings of the eLex 2021 conference. Brno: Lexical Computing CZ, 2021 - (Kosem, I.; Cukr, M.; Jakubíček, M.; Kallas, J.; Krek, S.; Tiberius, C.), s. 325-338. ISSN 2533-5626.
[ELEX 2021: POST-EDITING LEXICOGRAPHY. Brno (CZ), 05.07.2021-07.07.2021]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378017
Klíčová slova: Upper Sorbian-Czech dictionary * Mudra, Jiří * completion of dictionaries
Obor OECD: Specific languages
https://elex.link/elex2021/wp-content/uploads/eLex_2021-proceedings.pdf

Jiří Mudra, among his numerous selfless activities, was a Czech doyen of Sorbian studies. He had been working for decades on an Upper Sorbian-Czech dictionary but, unfortunately, had not finished his work on it at the time of his death. Presently, we are considering completing
Mudra’s project. The material collected by Mudra is undoubtedly valuable for us, providing us with a launchpad for further work, still, it is necessary to challenge it with the current data and a modern lexicographic approach. The paper presents the proposed individual methods
aimed at finishing the main body of the dictionary. Every lexicographer works with the data and tools available in his or her time – and Mudra
was certainly no exception. There is, therefore, no reason to maintain exaggerated reverence towards his dataset where it is in apparent conflict with the current language reality. The aim is not to foster Mudra’s cult, but to acknowledge his admirable initiative and enthusiasm. The best way to do so is to complete his dictionary with all the possibilities currently offered to us and make it available – as the first academic dictionary in this language combination – to Czech users.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0323835