The ''Diccionario panhispánico de dudas'' (Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts) or ''DPD'' is an elaborate work undertaken by the
Real Academia Española (RAE – Royal Spanish Academy) and the
Association of Spanish Language Academies
The Association of Academies of the Spanish Language ( es, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, ASALE) is an entity whose end is to work for the unity, integrity, and growth of the Spanish language. It was created in Mexico in 1951 an ...
with the goal of resolving questions related to the proper use of the
Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in th ...
. Like other publications of the academy, such as the ''
Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española'', the work follows a
linguistically prescriptive philosophy as opposed to a
descriptive one. The first edition was published in 2005 and is now being revised to more properly align with principles set forth by the academy's other publications.
The project was begun in response to the 50,000 questions received yearly by the constituent members of the Association of Spanish Language Academies.
It is composed of:
* The
dictionary itself
* A set of five
appendices covering
conjugation of verbs,
abbreviations, symbols that can be ordered alphabetically, other symbols, and
demonyms
* A
glossary of
linguistic terminology
* A list of
works cited
References
External links
''Diccionario panhispánico de dudas''(1st edition, October 2005) at the RAE web site.
Spanish dictionaries
2005 non-fiction books
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