The concept of the “complex intertext dictionary” (based on poetry by A.V. Koltsov)

Abstract

Modern author's intertext lexicography is a dynamically developing field of lexicography. At the same time, until now, only outgoing intertext units have been described in lexicographic works of this type. The dictionary we are creating will be the first experience of a complex lexicographic description of a set of incoming and outgoing intertext units (connectems) of a certain corpus of texts. The article formulates the principles underlying the proposed concept of the «Complex intertext dictionary of poetry by A. V. Koltsov»: 1) functional-content principle; 2) the principle of text-centricity; 3) the principle of complexity; 4) the principle of explicitness. The key problems faced by the author are identified: 1) the problem of the absence of a modern academic collection of works by A. V. Koltsov; 2) the lack of criteria for the presence of hidden intertext borrowings in the text; 3) the problem of distinguishing individual connects and complexes of connects; 4) the problem of determining the functions of intertext borrowings in the receiving text. The macrostructure of the lexicographic work being created is presented, consisting of six sections: a) introduction; b) dictionary sources; c) list of abbreviations; d) corpus of dictionary entries devoted to the description of the totality of intertextual connections of individual poems and supertexts; e) eight appendices; f) table of contents. The structure of the dictionary entry is described in detail, which may include the following zones: 1) the title of the poem/supertext; 2) the reference section / brief description of the supertext; 3) the full text of the work with highlighted intertext units; 4) description of internal incoming connectems; 5) description of internal outgoing connectems; 6) description of external incoming connectems; 7) description of external outgoing connectems; 8) bibliography. A sample dictionary entry is given.