The Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. In 2 volumes

Lev Ivanovich Skvortsov — Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Linguist and Lexicographer, author of popular science and educational aids on the culture of the Russian speech. The present edition is a two-volume dictionary of a new linguistic-encyclopedic type. The dictionary combines linguistic descriptions (interpretations of words and expressions) and historical-encyclopedic, terminological, everyday explanations of the realities themselves — things, phenomena, and events that stand behind the facts of the language. The dictionary article indicates stress and, in difficult cases, pronunciation, provides grammatical forms, stylistic characteristics, examples of usage, and thoroughly reveals phraseological features. The dictionary is addressed to a wide audience and will be useful for all who are interested in the Russian language and the culture of Russia, striving to improve their speech culture and expand their knowledge of their native language. The two-volume dictionary includes 100,000 words, derived words and forms, stable expressions, and phraseological units. Special edition for the "Word of the Year" project.