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dictionary with each new revised edition. Moreover, many of the intervening editions had
been published without revision. The lexicographical structure of the Finnish-Swedish
dictionaries has in other words remained relatively stable since the beginning of 1908.
Phrase books, which do not have the same lexicographical structure as word-lists and
dictionaries, constitute a special dictionary category from the point of view of their
development. Here again it is possible to distinguish between those that use Finnish as the
source language or the target language. Latin is the source language of the earlier phrase
books Variarum rerum Vocabula latina, cum svetica et finnonica interpretatione (1644,
1658[59], 1668), and Formulae Puerilium Colloquiorvm (1644, 1658[59], 1668, 1683).
Students are most likely to have formed their target group. The first bilingual Swedish-
Finnish phrase books were the anonymous productions En Nyttig och Tydelig Anwijsning Til
Swenska och Finska Språket /Yxi Hyödyllinen ja selkeä Johdatus Ruotzin ja Suomen kielehen
(1730), and the Finnish-Swedish phrase book Muutamia Kanssa-Puheita / Några Samtal
(1772). These two publications were probably intended for Swedish-speaking public
officials. In this context it can be observed that Finnish became the source language almost
30 years later than it did for general word-lists and dictionaries.
On the whole dictionaries show few adaptations in their basic structure for the target group of
intended users, such as general users, students or professional translators, for instance.
Suomi-ruotsi opiskelusanakirja 310 (1995), Suuri suomi–ruotsi-sanakirja / Stora finsksvenska
ordboken (1997) are two dictionaries that can serve as examples. In the first case the
target group is students (it is intended to be used as a dictionary by those learning Swedish)
and the second work is primarily for both students and translators. Differences can be seen in
the choice of lemmas (both selection criteria and quantity) and the length and level of detail of
the entries, but both works share the same basic structure. Indeed, the same lexicographical
editing programme was used in the production of both dictionaries.
Different techniques for structuring entries have been introduced successively. The
lexicographical structure of Finnish-Swedish dictionaries has evolved through the addition of
new elements to the microstructure of the various dictionaries and editions. To provide an
overview of this development, Table 58 presents information about when the various elements
were added to the most important dictionaries.
310 A Finnish-Swedish dictionary inteded for learners.