Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online

Dictionaries of Linguistics and Communication Science (WSK) Online

About this Online Reference

WSK Online is an Online Reference Work covering all the major areas of linguistics and communication science. The dictionaries steer a course between semantic definition and comprehensive knowledge, combining the best of both approaches.

This e-resource offers:

Precise definitions
Thorough explanations
Synonyms and/or antonyms where applicable
Detailed bibliographic information

Hundreds of researchers from around the world have contributed to the WSK Online project, ensuring that the lexicographic output adheres to the most rigorous academic standards. All area editors are experts in their respective fields. The articles are in German (with English translations of the terms and definitions) or in English (with German translations of the terms and definitions).

This e-resource currently covers the following subfields:

Grammar
- Morphology: Stefan J. Schierholz / Pál Uzonyi
- Syntax: Stefan J. Schierholz / Pál Uzonyi
Word Formation
Peter O. Müller / Susan Olsen
Historical Linguistics
Mechthild Habermann / Ilse Wischer
Phonetics and Phonology
Bernd Pompino-Marschall / Tracy Allan Hall
Grapholinguistics
Martin Neef / Said Sahel / Rüdiger Weingarten
Dialectology
Heiko Girnth / Peter Rosenberg
Text Linguistics, Stylistics and Discourse Analysis
Christina Gansel / Constanze Spieß
Quantitative and Formal Linguistics
Reinhard Köhler / Peter Grzybek / Sven Naumann
Theories and Methods in Linguistics
Bernd Kortmann
Lexicology and Phraseology
Christiane Fellbaum / Ingo Warnke / Daniel Schmidt-Brücken
Linguistic Typology
Johannes Helmbrecht / Dagmar Jung
Cognitive Grammar
Constanze Juchem-Grundmann
With Susanne Niemeier and Doris Schönefeld
Philosophy of Language
Christoph Demmerling / Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer
Language Learning: First Language, Second Language,
Foreign Language
Jörg Kilian / Jutta Rymarczyk
Onomastics
Kirstin Casemir / Eckhard Meineke

More than 13,900 articles are already available; further subject areas are in preparation.

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Editor In Chief:
Stefan J. Schierholz
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Founded by: Stefan J. Schierholz and Herbert Ernst Wiegand

More than 13,600 articles are already available with another 3,000 to be added annually with two updates per year. When finished, this unique project will contain some 20,000 entries. WSK Online is scheduled for completion in 2023.

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Twice a year

(Deutsch)

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Editor-in-chief: Stefan J. Schierholz

Edited by: Ilse Wischer, Rüdiger Weingarten, Ingo H. Warnke, Pal Uzonyi, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Constanze Spieß, Doris Schoenefeld, Daniel Schmidt-Brücken, Stefan J. Schierholz, Said Sahel, Jutta Rymarczyk, Peter Rosenberg, Bernd Pompino-Marschall, Susan Olsen, Susanne Niemeier, Martin Neef, Sven Naumann, Peter O. Müller, Eckhard Meineke, Bernd Kortmann, Reinhard Köhler, Jörg Kilian, Dagmar Jung, Constanze Juchem-Grundmann, Johannes Helmbrecht, Mechthild Habermann, Peter Grzybek, Heiko Girnth, Christina Gansel, Christiane Fellbaum, Christoph Demmerling, Kirstin Casemir

Founded by: Herbert Ernst Wiegand, Stefan J. Schierholz

https://doi.org/10.1515/wsk

Type: De Gruyter Reference
Languages: German, English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: January 15, 2013