RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Beyond timelines: the challenges of combining theoretical premises and speakers’ insights about the assessment, validation and inclusion of Spanish neologisms in dictionaries
A1 Sánchez Ibáñez, Miguel
A1 Maroto, Nava
A1 Sánchez Ibáñez, Miguel
K1 Spanish neologisms, citizen science, neological perception, lexicographical filter
AB Lexicographic exclusion filtering as a strategy to determine the suitability of neologisms to be included in dictionaries has proved to be insufficient. As a consequence, a methodology to rank neologisms in a more objective and quantitative way, based on their most distinctive features as new words is put forward here. In addition, the results of applying this methodology to a sample of more than 3,000 units compiled from Spanish newspapers over a specific time span (2009-2016) are contrasted along with the insights provided by a representative group of native speakers collected by means of a crowdsourcing strategy. By combining theoretical approaches and speakers’ insights, the validity of the suggested methodology is partially corroborated. Moreover, insights given by the speakers involved concerning their prescriptive conception of neology and its place within dictionaries are outlined.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0950-3846
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76045
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76045
LA spa
NO International Journal of Lexicography, vol. 34, n. 3, p. 358-381
DS UVaDOC
RD 14-jul-2025