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database: Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online

Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online

Dictionaries of Linguistics and Communication Science (WSK) Online
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Overview

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 15,300 articles
  • Annual updates
  • 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

Editorial

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
    • Media Studies
      Christoph Bläsi / Michael Bachmann

More than 14,500 articles are already available; further subject areas are in preparation.

Lemmas A-Z

Persons A-Z

Places A-Z

Updates

Updates

Last updated on 12.12.2023

More than 14,500 articles are already available with further articles to be added annually. When finished, this unique project will contain some 16,000 entries.

WSK Online: sample articles
Adverbialkasus
Superlativ
Doppelkopfanalyse

Update Frequency

Once a year.

Search Help

Search Help

Here you will find instructions for searching in the Wörterbüchern zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online and explanations of the individual search functions.

Search

You have two different options for searching.

Search form

The search form allows you to search using various search criteria. To do so, select the appropriate criterion in the search field and enter your search term(s) in the search field. The following search criteria are available:

  1. Full Text: Searches in all entries for the entered terms. Finds all entries that contain all searched terms and therefore returns the most results. For a more specific search, the other search criteria are more suitable.

    The following operators can be used in the search field:
    • *: Added to a string. Searches for entries including all terms that match the searched string with any addition.
    • AND: Searches for entries including all the terms connected by this operator (default search function).
    • OR: Searches for entries including at least one of the terms connected by this operator.
    • NOT: Searches for entries including the first, but not the second of the terms connected by this operator.

    These operators can be combined with each other.

  2. Lemma: Finds all entries whose titles contain all searched terms. Suggests up to 15 matching entry titles in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search specifically for entries for particular terms.
  3. Author: Finds all entries with authors of the searched name. Suggests up to 15 matching author names in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search for entries by specific authors.
  4. Type: Select a type from the drop-down menu: Lemma, Verweislemma. Finds all entries of this type.
  5. Publication Year: Select Exact to search for a single year, or Range to search for a range of years. Finds all entries that have been published electronically in this year or range of years.
  6. Bibliography: Finds all entries whose bibliography contains all searched terms. This search criterion can be used to search for specific sources or their titles, authors, etc.
  7. Academic Discipline: Finds all entries which are assigned to the searched discipline. Suggests up to 15 matching disciplines in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search for entries that belong to a specific academic discipline.
  8. Entry language: Select a language from the drop-down menu. Finds all entries which are written in this language.

Please note: The search is not case sensitive.

You have the option to apply several search criteria at the same time. To do this, click on "Add row" in the search form. This creates a second search field in which you can set another search criterion (or else the same one). You can create as many additional search fields as you like.
If you use more than one search field, the search will find all entries that match all search criteria ("Search for all of these terms"). Instead, you can also select "Search for any of these terms" above the search fields, which will cause the search to find all entries that match at least one of the searched criteria.
By clicking on "Add NOT" you create a search field to which you can assign a search criterion. Terms entered in this search field will be excluded from the search. You can add this search field as often as you like.
By combining the above functions, you are able to perform very specific searches.

Example

You want to search the Wörterbüchern zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online for all entries that mention the word "Kasus" and that belong to the academic discipline “Historische Sprachwissenschaft”. However, you want to exclude entries that were published between “2000” and “2016” from the search. For this you use the search form as follows:

  1. Create a second search field via "Add row".
  2. Select the search for "all of these terms" (default option).
  3. In the first search field, select the search criterion Full Text and enter the search term "Kasus".
  4. In the second search field, select the search criterion Academic discipline and enter “Historische Sprachwissenschaft”.
  5. Create a third search field via "Add NOT". This is marked with a "NOT".
  6. Select the search criterion Publication Year, click on “Range” and enter “2000” and “2016” in the two search fields.
  7. After clicking on "Search" you will see 10 out of 27 hits in the results list.

A-Z

On the start page of the database you can view indices of all contained lemmata from A to Z. By clicking on a term you get to the results list, which shows all entries that contain the place or person. In case of a lemma the results list shows all entries which have the full lemma in their title.

Results list

The results that match your search are listed on one or more pages. The number of search results as well as the search criteria can be found above the results list.

Each search result consists of the title of the entry, author(s) if existent, access information, entry type, online publication date (print publication date in brackets, if applicable), the cover of the database as well as a button to download the PDF ("Download PDF"), if available, and a text preview showing relevant text passages and highlighting the searched term in yellow (only for Full Text search criterion).

You can access a search result by clicking on the title or cover of the database. If you do not have access to the database, please log in first.

The search results are sorted by relevancy (frequency and weighting of the searched terms). You can also sort by date ("New to old" or "Old to new") or by title ("A to Z" or "Z to A").
Furthermore, instead of the default 10 results per page, you can also display 20, 50 or 100 results per page.

The search results can be further restricted under "Filter Results". Various filter options are available for this:

  1. Access: This option filters the search results according to who can access them. By default, "All content" is found. It is possible to filter by "Licensed content", "Open Access", "Publicly available" as well as "All available content".
  2. Type
  3. Publication Year
  4. Academic discipline
  5. Entry language

All filters can be combined with each other. Filtering by certain filter options excludes further certain filter options if there are no entries which match both options.

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