Observing Norm, Observing Usage: Lexis in Dictionaries and the Media

by Alessandra Molino (Editor), Serenella Zanotti (Editor)

Overview

This book explores the interplay between norm and usage in lexis. The contributions examine the norm-setting role of dictionaries, the importance of authentic data in lexicography, the impact of the Web on language usage and on the processes of norm creation, and the impact of mass-mediated communication on lexis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034315845
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	06/29/2015
Series:	Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication , #195
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alessandra Molino is Lecturer in English Language and Translation at the University of Turin, Italy. Her research interests include academic discourse, English as a medium of instruction and sustainability discourse.
Serenella Zanotti is Lecturer in English Language and Translation at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her research focuses on translation studies, cross-cultural pragmatics, youth language, conversational narrative, and literary bilingualism.

Table of Contents

Contents: Henri Béjoint: The Report of the Death of the General Dictionary is not an Exaggeration – Laura Pinnavaia: From Norm to Usage: Revisiting Italian Borrowings in the Oxford English Dictionary – Cristiano Furiassi: Caribbean English Vocabulary: Setting a Norm through Lexicographic Practice – Alba Coll Pérez/M. Teresa Cabré Castellví/Rosa Estopà Bagot: La norma lingüística en el discurso lexicográfico del castellano y el catalán: una primera aproximación – Ana Lourdes De Hériz: Nuevos diccionarios bilingües y nuevo léxico en uso. Il Grande dizionario di Spagnolo de Zanichelli (2012) – Felisa Bermejo Calleja: La norma en la lematización de anglicismos con doble grafía – Giuseppe Sergio: L’«ibrido gergo della moda» nei dizionari italiani della prima metà del Novecento – Carla Marello: Dizionari di collocazioni italiane e collocazioni da insegnare nell’uso scritto – Luisa Bozzo: Right Word or Wrong Word? Lexical Errors in Dictionaries of Common Mistakes for EFL Italian Learners – Alessandra Molino: Vague Lexis in Spoken Academic English and in Advanced Corpus-Based Learner’s Dictionaries – Lucilla Lopriore: Norm and Usage in Online Open-Source Dictionaries: The Case of Fashion Lexis in Urban Dictionary – Michela Murano : La phraséologie du français dans le Web 2.0 : dictionnaires en ligne, blogs et forums – Aleksandra Liczner: Comment rendre les dictionnaires spécialisés plus performants, plus utiles et plus proches de la réalité ? – Henrik Gottlieb: Norms, Usage and Linguistic Effects of Downstream Screen Translation – Vincenza Minutella/Virginia Pulcini: Cross-Linguistic Interference into the Italian Dubbing of TV Series: The Cases of Realize, Impressive and Excited – Serenella Zanotti: Observing Translation Norms in Dubbed Audiovisuals: The Case of Vague Language Expressions – Massimo Sturiale/Graziana Carpenzano: Mediatizing Prescription and Popular Attitudes to Accent(s) of English. An Investigation of YouTubers’ Comments on Pronunciation – Ramón Martí Solano: Vargas Llosa: creatividad y variación léxicas en el español culto – Sergio Piraro : De quelques considérations sur la qualité de la langue et sur la situation linguistique actuelle au Québec.