The paper presents a lexicographical project involving the development of the newest general dictionary of the Polish language: the Polish Academy of Sciences Great Dictionary of Polish [Wielki słownik języka polskiego PAN]. The project is coordinated by the Institute of Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences and carried out in collaboration with linguists and lexicographers from several other Polish academic centres. The paper offers a concise discussion of the genesis of the project and the range of information included in the dictionary under construction, as well as the organisation of work necessary in the case of an online dictionary gradually made available on the Internet as its development progresses.
