szótárkészítés
Szótárkészítés, commonly referred to in English as dictionary-making or lexicography, is the systematic process of compiling, describing, and publishing a list of words and their meanings within a particular language. The practice has its roots in ancient civilizations, with early examples such as the Babylonian lexical lists from the third millennium BCE and the Sumerian "Lamentations of the Exiled" that contain early word compilations. In classical antiquity, scholars like Herennius and Pseudo-Scylax began creating more structured dictionaries that categorized words and provided definitions, marking a significant step toward modern lexicography.
Modern dictionary-making emerged during the Renaissance, when scholars in Italy and Germany began to collect and
Contemporary szótárkészítés has largely become digital. Corpus linguistics, which analyzes large databases of written and spoken
In addition to descriptive dictionaries that record words as they are used, there are also prescriptive and