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Active Dictionary
(5,205 words)

The concept of active dictionaries, also termed productive, can be best presented against the background of passive dictionaries. Passive dictionaries aim at providing the user with clues necessary for understanding texts in the given languag…

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Apresjan, Jurij, “Active Dictionary”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief Marc L. Greenberg. Consulted online on 01 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_032490>
First published online: 2020



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