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Book SynopsisThis volume includes a collection of studies on the interplay between norm and usage in lexis, which is explored by looking at both dictionaries and the media. The title features the polysemous verb to observe, which is used both in the sense of «investigating» use/usage and in that of «respecting» norms. This thematic area is analysed from a synchronic perspective focusing predominantly on the lexis of four European languages, namely English, French, Italian and Spanish, although other languages are occasionally referred to (e.g. Catalan and Danish). The volume comprises nineteen chapters, which provide a wide-ranging, but deeply focused overview of the complex and challenging interrelation between sites and processes of norm formation and the recontextualization, reconfiguration and re-creation of those norms. The book is structured in four thematic sections, which focus on the norm-setting role of dictionaries, the importance of authentic language use in recent lexicographic products, the impact of the Web on language usage as well as on the processes of norm creation and diffusion, and the impact of mass-mediated communication on lexis.
The volume contains contributions in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Table of ContentsContents: 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.
