On the Representation of Phraseology in the Russian-German Phraseological Lexicon

Abstract

This article deals with the historical phraseology of Russian in the manuscript of the Russian-German and German-Russian dictionary (1774–1779) by Christoph Schmidt. It is shown that phraseology was already a relevant component in the creation of a bilingual dictionary 200 years ago and that problems such as phraseological variation or the case government of phraseological units were dealt with. Finally, the article examines the development of phraseology as a linguistic sub-discipline and describes the development of it within Russian studies at the University of Leipzig.