Military Lexis in Military Dictionaries: A Case Study of Bilingual Military Dictionaries of the 20th Century

Abstract

The present article is an analysis of the military lexis, its categorization and its presence in bilingual military dictionaries aimed at revealing general trends in the Russian lexicography and the lexicographical culture of specialized dictionaries, as well as advise on further development of the bilingual military dictionary format.

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