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This paper investigates Czech territorial dialect lexicography, particularly the incorporation of lexicalized phonological and morphological phenomena into differential dialect dictionaries. It examines the methodologies used in current Czech dialect dictionary creation. The study analyzes corpora of the Czech National Corpus (CNC), including ORAL v1, ORTOFON v2, and DIALEKT, to trace the lexicalization of dialect features. Observing lexicalization in Czech dialects through corpus analysis elucidates its various phases, from initial frequency increase to subsequent restriction in specific lexical units. Through illustrative examples (semi-semiconsonantal u, hard ł, the nominative plural ending of the masculine animatum noun -í), the study sheds light on lexicalization’s evolution and distribution in contemporary spoken Czech. Additionally, it addresses challenges in documenting regular and irregular dialectal variations and proposes that lexicalized forms, even when they do not alter the lemma, should be included in differential dictionaries. Such an approach would enhance the representation of dialectal differences, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of Czech dialectology.
