| Abstract |
In this article, we return to a classic lexicographical topic and address some aspects involved in the practice of defining. Digital developments have increasingly required dictionary definitions to operate independently of others if they are to be utilised in new contexts, possibly even detached from the original dictionary presentation. We examine two types of definitions where the problem is particularly obvious: morpho-semantically related words and inherited information. The first type refers to words with the same semantic core that appear in regular morphological derivations, in this context illustrated by triplets such as pluralism, pluralist, pluralistic. The second type is to do with senses that presuppose the definition of an earlier, usually superordinate sense, as when a culinary sense is singled out: ‘this fish used as food’. Five dictionaries are compared and analysed to uncover the tendencies and strategies followed. All five dictionaries show internal inconsistency, and while there is general consensus that the traditional paper model should be abandoned, the dictionaries do not necessarily agree on strategy and solutions. |
| BibTex |
@inproceedings{euralex_2024_paper_15,
address = {Cavtat},
title = {Back to Basics – Meaning Description for Human Users and for Computers},isbn = {978-953-7967-77-2},
shorttitle = {Euralex 2024},
url = {},
language = {eng},
booktitle = {Lexicography and Semantics. Proceedings of the XXI EURALEX International Congress},
publisher = {Institut za hrvatski jezik},
author = {Trap-Jensen, Lars and Lorentzen, Henrik},
editor = {Despot, Kristina Š. and Ostroški Anić, Ana and Brač, Ivana},
year = {2024},
pages = {191-209}
} |
