The National Endowment for the Humanities and its Support for Lexicography

THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND ITS SUPPORT FOR LEXICOGRAPHY Dorothy Wartenberg The following is a list of dictionary projects and data bases supported, in whole or in part, by the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1967 to date. The dates given are those during which the projects have received funding from NEH. While the Endowment's budget has decreased somewhat since 1 980, there has been no significant reduction in the funds available for research tools and reference works (such as dictionaries), and the Endowment expects to award at least $3 million in outright and matching funds in this area alone in fiscal years 1984. You are invited to look through this list in order, first, to get a sense ofthe variety and range ofprojects that have received funding up to now, and second, to see where there are gaps, particularly in regard to major reference works, for which outside funding may be necessary. The Endowment would appreciate having your comments and suggestions. Prospective applicants should discuss their projects with NEH and ask for staff comments on a preliminary draft before submitting a formal proposal. The next deadline for Research Tools (dictionaries, encyclopedias , data bases) is October 1, 1984. Please write or call: Dorothy Wartenberg, Assistant Director for Reference Works, Research Division, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20506 (202-786-0210). 115 1 16NEH and Lexicography DICTIONARIES ARCHAEOLOGY Stillwell, Richard, Princeton University Press, Princeton Dictionary of Classical Archaeology Project, 1 968-70; 1970-76. FILM Eskino, Andrew H., International Museum of Photography , Planning Project for a Biographical Dictionary on Photographers, 1980-81. HISTORY Near and Middle East—Middle East Bonebakker, Seegar, A., University of California at Los Angeles, Computerization ofArabic Biographical Dictionaries for the Onomasticon Arabicum, 1977-84. Herzog, Marvin L, Columbia University, Preparation and Publication of Language and Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry, 1978-83. European—Medieval Worth, Dean S., University of California at Los Angeles, Dictionary of the Novgorod Birchbark Letters (Medieval Russian), 1982-84. Asian Hucker, Charles O., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Historical Dictionary ofChinese Official Titles, 1976-78; 1980-82. Dorothy Wartenberg117 LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Native American Krauss, Michael E., University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Alaska Native Languages Dictionary Project, 1978-84. Mattina, Anthony, University of Montana, Colville Dictionary , 1980-83. Rhodes, Richard A., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Eastern Ojibwa-Ottawa Dictionary, 1981-84. Rood, David S., University of Colorado, Siouan Languages Archive, 1977-8 1 . Salzmann, Zdenek, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Dictionary of Contemporary Araphano Usage , 1981-83. Siebert, Frank T., Penobscot Nation, Research and Preparation of Penobscot Dictionary Project, 1979-83. Taylor, Allan R., University of Colorado, Gros Ventre Dictionary, 1979-83. Thompson, Laurence, C, Pacific and Asian Linguistic Institute, Salish Indian Lexicography, 1979-83. Thompson, Laurence C, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Salish Indian Dictionaries: Klallam and Tillamook, 1982-84. Yound, Robert W., University of New Mexico, Navajo/ English-English/Navajo Dictionary, 1974-76. Hispanic American Boyd-Bowman, Peter M., Research Foundation of SUNY Buffalo, The Linguistic Analysis of Spanish Colonial Documents, 1974-82. Boyd-Bowman, Peter M., Research Foundation of SUNY Buffalo, Spanish-American Lexicon of the Nineteenth Century, 1982-84. 1 1 8 NEH and Lexicography American/British Bailey, Richard W., University of Michigan, The Early Modern English Dictionary, 1973-76. Cassidy, Frederic G., University ofWisconsin, Dictionary of American Regional English, 1971-84. Fraser, Russell A., University of Michigan, Early Modern English Dictionary, 1971-72. Nicolaisen, Wilhelm, SUNY at Binghamton, A Concise Dictionary of Scottish Place Names, 1983-86. Robinson, Jay L., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, The Middle English Dictionary, 1980-85. Sherman, Donald, Unaffiliated, Dictionary ofEarly Modern English Pronunciation 1500-1800 (including a computer version) 1 974-77. European—French Valdman, Albert, Indiana University, Preparation of a Dictionary of Creole French, 1974-81. European—German Lehmann, Winfred P., University of Texas at Austin, A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, 1980-84. Lloyd, Albert L., University of Pennsylvania, An Etymological Dictionary of Old High German, 1978-84. Wells, John C, Tufts University, Dictionary of the Old High German Glosses, 1967-73; 1976-81. European—Greek Georgacas, D. J., University of North Dakota at...