TIRANA, May 10 /ATA/ – The Academy of Science and the Centre for Albanian Studies and Encyclopedic Publications, headed by Prof. Irakli Koçollari, signed a contract with the working team tasked with compilation and publication of largest and most trusted Albanian language dictionary.
The Head of the Academy of Science Skënder Gjinushi said in his remarks at the signing ceremony that the accord represents another step towards embarking on a major project launched by the Academy of Science in collaboration with other institutions and Kosovo’s Academy of Science and Arts and the universities to arrange and publish the Large Albanian Dictionary, the History of Albanians and the National Encyclopedia.
Gjinushi said that the project has brought together most distinguished and prominent linguists and lexicographers.
Academic Jani Thomani noted that number of important Albanian language dictionaries has been compiled so far, but it is necessary to compile a large dictionary like this to serve all Albanians.
“The Large Albanian Dictionary will be will be a normative lexicographical work that will reflect and use the great phraseology and semantic richness of the Albanian language.
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