The language of football in lexicography. Book review: Burkhardt, A. (2022) Wörterbuch der Fußballsprache. Von abblocken bis Zweitligist. Hildesheim: Arete Verlag

The dictionary comprises 2,500 words and expressions that are widely used in the modern German football language. Many lexical units have been registered in the dictionary for the first time. Each dictionary entry provides authentic examples of how a word, its derivatives, phrases and expressions can be used in different discourses in media (printed and electronic) communication: sportscasts, commentaries, analytical reviews, and others. The book may be recommended to those who studying German and teaching it as a native and foreign language, to those interested in how a language functions as a semiotic system, to those absorbed in problems of lexicology, stylistics, cultural linguistics, intercultural communication. The author declares no conflicts of interests.