Bol′shoi frazeologicheskii slovar′ russkogo iazуka

Abstract

The author briefly presents this extensive Russian dictionary of idioms, compiled by seven idiom specialists in addition to its editor-in-chief. In its explanation of idioms it claims to be the first to provide a concise description of the situation in which an idiom is used, enabling correct idiom choice in oral and written communication. The dictionary has a system of stylistic labels that express the situation of contemporary Russian at various linguistic levels and also on the Internet. A special feature of the dictionary is its description of logical sets of idioms within a single dictionary entry. These describe idioms as symbols of language and culture, and culturological commentary is cited for the linguistic units described. Consequently, this is an explanatory culturological dictionary.