Description: This publication is the result of the International Symposium "Deutsche Wortforschung als Kulturgeschichte" (German Word Research as Cultural History), which was convened in Vienna in 2003 on the occasion of the 90-year anniversary of the "Worterbuchkanzlei" (Dictionary Office) and the "Worterbuch der bairischen Mundarten in Osterreich" (Dictionary of Bavarian Dialects in Austria). Four main topics, all taking cultural-historical aspects into account, are dealt with in twenty-four papers: two introductory contributions deal with the Bavarian dialect, its linguistic structure and the Bavarian dialect dictionary "Worterbuch der bairischen Mundarten in Osterreich".
