Ivana Crljenko

 

GEOGRAFSKI SADRŽAJI U ČLANCIMA O DRŽAVAMA U

ENCIKLOPEDIÄŒKIM IZDANJIMA

 

DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2020.5.40

UDC: 911.5/.9:030(497.6+479.22+497.5+417+437.6)

 

Abstract: Geography is among the most represented fields in general editions of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. It is manifestedthrough geographical contents,i.e. data related to natural and social elements of the area, which can be apprehended in a narrow and broad sense depending on the dominant content and authors. Geographical data are presented in primarily geographical articles in combined articles formed of data of several fields, andin articles belonging tonon-geographicfields. The objective of the research presented in the article is to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse and compare some characteristics of geographical

contents (representation, understanding, structure,presentation) in five articles on comparable

countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Croatia, Ireland, Slovakia) from selected Institute’sand other general encyclopedias.The research confirmed the hypothesis:regarding the

chosencharacteristics of geographical contents, these editions do not differ much. The length of

articlesvariessignificantly, writing style differs only sometimes, other characteristics are mostly

the same. It was noticed that the representation of geographical data in a broad sense is satisfactory, butthe understanding of geographical content in a narrow sense is reduced to the data on natural geographical elements of the area. The structure is given by default, strictly compartmentalized. A conciseencyclopedicwriting style, with manylined-up, often unrelated numerical data, without any explanations of cause-and-effect relationsis mostly used. The comparison of Institute’s and foreign editions pointed to similar encyclopedic practices in making and presenting geographical contents. In foreign editions, writing style is somewhat more general and less statistical.

Key words: encyclopedistics, geographical content, encyclopaedia, atlas

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