Acceptions of the "death"entry in language dictionaries
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v15i2p429-445Keywords:
Death. Definition. Entry. Monolingual dictionaries. Lexicography.Abstract
Language dictionaries present the meaning of an entry in a way not restricted to linguistic information, since we also have interdisciplinary and contextual aspects that dialogue with socio-cultural issues in which the entry is inserted. Considering the potential character of the study of contextual meanings, the “death” entry was chosen to carry out a comparative analysis among language dictionaries. The choice was motivated by the recurrence of this entry in ancient and contemporary dictionaries, and the fact of its having a concept that allows various historical, social and ideological discussions. The goal is to reveal the different nuances of the “death” entry in language dictionaries, observing four main aspects: etymology, diachrony, synonymic construction and meaning of “death” in school dictionaries. Based on lexicographical studies of classical authors, we did a comparative analysis of meanings of “death” in different types of language dictionaries. We found that in each group dictionary we may find traces of ideological choices in the construction of the contextual meaning of the “death” entry.Downloads
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2014-04-23
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Acceptions of the "death"entry in language dictionaries. (2014). Filologia E Linguística Portuguesa, 15(2), 429-445. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-9419.v15i2p429-445