Uncertainty in deliberate lexical interventions :: exploring esperanto speakers' opinions through corpora /

Language managers in their different forms (language planners, terminologists, professional neologists ...) have long tried to intervene in the lexical usage of speakers, with various degrees of success: Some of their lexical items (partly) penetrate language use, others do not. Based on electronic...

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Main Author: Maradan, MeÌ&#x129lanie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Germany : Frank & Timme, [2021]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Language managers in their different forms (language planners, terminologists, professional neologists ...) have long tried to intervene in the lexical usage of speakers, with various degrees of success: Some of their lexical items (partly) penetrate language use, others do not. Based on electronic networks of practice of the Esperanto speech community, Mélanie Maradan establishes the foundation for a new method to extract speakers' opinions on lexical items from text corpora. The method is intended as a tool for language managers to detect and explore in context the reasons why speakers might accept or reject lexical items. Mélanie Maradan holds a master's degree in translation and terminology from the University of Geneva/Switzerland as well as a joint doctoral degree in multilingual information processing and philosophy (Dr. phil.) from the universities of Geneva and Hildesheim/Germany. Her research interests include planned languages (Esperanto studies) as well as neology and corpus linguistics. She works as a professional translator and terminologist in Switzerland.
Physical Description:1 online resource (373 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:3732993000
9783732993000

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