Reinhard Hartmann

For the Austrian Olympic wrestler, see Reinhard Hartmann (wrestler).

Reinhard Rudolf Karl Hartmann (8 April 1938 – 12 September 2024) was an Austrian-born English lexicographer and applied linguist. Until the 1970s, lexicographers worked in relative isolation, and Hartmann was credited with making a major contribution to lexicography[1] and fostering interdisciplinary consultation between reference specialists.[2]

R. R. K. Hartmann was co-author of the standard texts Dictionary of Language and Linguistics (1972) and the Dictionary of Lexicography (1998); the former has been translated into Chinese, the latter into Japanese.[3] Hartmann also produced works on a wide range of linguistic and lexicographic topics (see list of Publications below). Two selections of his essays were published in Kuwait (2004) and Germany (2007).

  1. ^ Robert Burchfield (1989) in the foreword of the Festschrift issued on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Exeter University Language Centre and the 5th of the Dictionary Research Centre as well as Hartmann's 50th birthday, Lexicographers and their Works ed. by G. James (Volume 14, Exeter Linguistic Studies, University of Exeter Press) p. vii.
  2. ^ Terry C. Falla (2005) "A conceptual framework for a new Comprehensive Syriac–English Lexicon" in Foundations for Syriac Lexicography: Proceedings of the First International Syriac Language Project Meeting ed. by B. Turner (Cambridge: Gorgias Press) p. 65, n. 162.
  3. ^ The Literati Club/Reference Reviews 1999 award for excellence as 'best specialist reference work' was given to the editors of the Dictionary of Lexicography.