Homonymy of Acronyms and Common Words: Principles for Compiling a Dictionary Entry
The aim of the study is to determine the possibility of lexicographic development of the homonymy of acronyms and common words in the dictionary of homonyms. The article discusses the current parameters of acronyms classification in relation to lexicography. The structure features of the dictionary entries of compounds in the dictionary of homonyms of compound words are shown. The dictionary entries of different structures have been developed for a series of homonyms-acronyms. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the development of an integrated approach to the study of the homonymy of acronyms including interrelated aspects - lexicological and lexicographic ones. As a result, it is proved that the homonymy of acronyms and common words can be an object of codification in the form of special lexicographic units - homonymous series of acronyms of varying degrees of complexity.