Publication Date:
2011
abstract:
The "Hybrid" Structure of DECF and the Path of Data Reconstruction
The structure of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Phoenician Civilization is based on a set of lemmata
and cross-references. These make up an interrelated system intended to set out the documentation in an
analytical way. The DECF is conceived as a hybrid work because it includes entries of varying length
and complexity. This disparity depends both on the nature of each particular topic and on the quantity of
available data, but also derives from the methodological assumptions underlying the DECF. In fact, the
Dictionary is largely intended to go beyond the descriptive level, by providing supporting data
accompanied by theoretical and critical annotations. Following this perspective, the DECF numbers the
so-called "macro-entries" (as religion, economy, art, etc.), whose complexity cannot be reduced to a
simple and synthetic discussion.
The structure of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Phoenician Civilization is based on a set of lemmata
and cross-references. These make up an interrelated system intended to set out the documentation in an
analytical way. The DECF is conceived as a hybrid work because it includes entries of varying length
and complexity. This disparity depends both on the nature of each particular topic and on the quantity of
available data, but also derives from the methodological assumptions underlying the DECF. In fact, the
Dictionary is largely intended to go beyond the descriptive level, by providing supporting data
accompanied by theoretical and critical annotations. Following this perspective, the DECF numbers the
so-called "macro-entries" (as religion, economy, art, etc.), whose complexity cannot be reduced to a
simple and synthetic discussion.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Dictionary; Phoenicians; methodology; cross-references; lemmas.
List of contributors:
Pedrazzi, Tatiana; Garbati, Giuseppe
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