Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online

Dictionaries of Linguistics and Communication Science (WSK) Online

About this database

WSK Online is an Online Database 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) and covers numerous subfields.

Your Benefits

A modern lexicographic Online Database with more than 14,000 articles
Annual updates with 3,000 articles
Written by respected, international scholars
Bilingual user interface with numerous search criteria
Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / institution-wide

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Editorial

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

Founded by: Stefan J. Schierholz and Herbert Ernst Wiegand

This database 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 14,000 articles are already available; further subject areas are in preparation.

Last updated on 17.05.2022

More than 14,000 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. Further subject areas are in preparation.

Update Frequency

Twice a year

(Deutsch)

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Editor-in-chief: Stefan J. Schierholz

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

Founded by: Stefan J. Schierholz, Herbert Ernst Wiegand

https://doi.org/10.1515/wsk

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