Los diccionarios compendiados o abreviados del siglo XIX

Abstract

Nineteenth-century lexicography consists of a broad range of dictionary types, one of which is a class of dictionary that condenses or reduces larger works. This lexicographic technique was imported to Spain from France and had as much a commercial as a social aim, for condensed dictionaries were meant for sections of the population without access to works that were hard to acquire or handle, because of their costly edition and big size. Both academic and non-academic lexicography made use of this technique, as exemplified by the condensing of the Diccionario de Autoridades by the Real Academia Española, conditioned by historical and social circumstances. This procedure is found throughout the 19th century, with condensed versions of encyclopaedic dictionaries being made in late 1800s