Latvian Dialectal Dictionary of Similes

Abstract

The most common type of dialectal dictionaries are the so-called explanatory dictionaries. Other dictionary types are important as well, especially for the presentation of various peculiarities of a given language. One of these dictionaries focuses on similes in one of the Latvian dialects, thus indicating the future development of Latvian dialectal lexicography. The way in which this dictionary treats similes is a valuable basis for further research in other dialects and on other levels of the Latvian language.