) ▁is ▁the ▁dictionary ▁of ▁Catal an ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Catal an ▁Studies ▁( IE C ) ▁and , ▁therefore , ▁the ▁standard ▁dictionary ▁of ▁and ▁reference ▁for ▁the ▁Catal an ▁language , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁dictionary ▁of ▁standard ▁Val enci an ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁AV L . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁mon ol ing ual ▁dictionary , ▁of ▁definitions . ▁As ▁a ▁norm ative ▁work ▁it ▁" est ab lish es ▁the ▁shape ▁and ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁generally ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁Catal an ▁language ". ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁creating ▁the ▁dictionary ▁arose ▁from ▁the ▁determ ination ▁of ▁the ▁Phil ological ▁Section ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁to ▁normal ise ▁and ▁un ify ▁the ▁Catal an ▁language . ▁The ▁project ▁began ▁under ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁Pom pe u ▁Fab ra ▁i ▁P och ▁with ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁" Sp elling ▁R ules ", ▁the ▁" Sp elling ▁Dictionary " ▁and ▁the ▁" G ram mar ". ▁ ▁After ▁four ▁years ' ▁prepar ation , ▁the ▁Phil ological ▁Section ▁published ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁" General ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁the ▁Catal an ▁language " ▁( D GL C ), ▁the ▁D IE C ' s ▁prede cess or , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁and ▁it ▁managed ▁to ▁un ify ▁the ▁sp elling ▁system , ▁clean se ▁the ▁lex icon , ▁fix ▁the ▁grammar ▁and ▁introduce ▁ne olog isms . ▁ ▁The ▁D GL C ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁the ▁official ▁dictionary ▁of