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<p class="lead">
<em>Founding Editor:</em><br/>
†Mary Ritchie Key (University of California, Irvine)<br/>
†Mary Ritchie Key<br/>
<em>General Editor:</em><br/>
Bernard Comrie (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Bernard Comrie
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The Intercontinental Dictionary Series (IDS) is a database where lexical material across
the languages of the world is organized in such a way that comparisons can be made.
Historical and comparative studies and theoretical linguistic research can be based on
this documentation. The IDS was conceived of by Mary Ritchie Key in the 1980s as a
this documentation. The IDS was conceived of by Mary Ritchie Key (University of
California, Irvine) in the 1980s as a
long-term cooperative project that will go on for the next generation or so and will
involve linguists all over the world. It is aimed towards international understanding
and cooperation. This is a pioneering effort that will have global impact. The purpose
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skills and willingness to give time and thought to the objectives of the dictionary series.
In 1984, an award from the University of California, Irvine Faculty Research Committee to
launch the Intercontinental Dictionary Series set the series on its way. In 1990, the IDS
won an Honorable Mention from the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
won an Honorable Mention from the Rolex Awards for Enterprise
In 1998, Bernard Comrie took over from Mary Ritchie Key and continued to develop IDS
at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
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<%util:section title="Acknowledgments" id="Acknowledgments" level="4">
Bernard Comrie wishes to acknowledge the support of the Max Planck Society (especially
Bernard Comrie (University of California, Santa Barbara) wishes to acknowledge the
support of the Max Planck Society (especially
through the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) in updating and expanding
the IDS, and of Mary Ritchie Key for a generous grant that enabled the collection of IDS
lists for Tai-Kadai and Mon-Khmer languages of Southeast Asia.
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