Buchbeitrag

Lexicography for society and with society - COVID-19 and dictionaries

Not only professional lexicographers, but also people without a professional background in lexicography, have reacted to the increased need for information on new words or medical and epidemiological terms being used in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, corona-related glossaries published on German news websites are presented, as well as different kinds of responses from professional lexicography. They are compared in terms of the amount of encyclopaedic information given and the methods of definition used. In this context, answers to corona-related words from a German questionanswer platform are also presented and analyzed. Overall, these different reactions to a unique challenge shed light on the importance of lexicography for society and vice versa.

Lexicography for society and with society - COVID-19 and dictionaries

Urheber*in: Klosa-Kückelhaus, Annette

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Language
Englisch

Subject
Lexikografie
Gesellschaft
COVID-19
Wörterbuch
Glossar
Neologismus
Englisch, Altenglisch

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Klosa-Kückelhaus, Annette
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Mannheim : IDS-Verlag
(when)
2022-07-12

URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-111217
Last update
06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET

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  • Buchbeitrag

Associated

  • Klosa-Kückelhaus, Annette
  • Mannheim : IDS-Verlag

Time of origin

  • 2022-07-12

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