A reference study of the efforts of orientalists in the manufacture of the Arabic dictionary

Abstract

This study aims to provide a detailed look at analyzing the dimensions of the Orientalist vision and its determinants in the field of lexical studies. The importance of the study lies in the fact that it contributes to enriching the readers with knowledge on a very important topic. To leave important scientific traces that the researcher needs, and to see the other's view of our language with its positives and negatives, the Arab and Western libraries included multiple lexicographical works that had different purposes that must be evoked, and not only monitoring and follow-up, but evoking the dates of dictionaries, the context of their emergence and the method of the most famous of them. And that the total academic literature that was relied upon as basic references for citation in this research study was close to (60) references, and it included scientific books, peer-reviewed research articles, university theses, and specialized websites.