Lexical dynamism in social networks: Contributions to Lexicography

Authors

  • Fábio Henrique de Carvalho Bertonha Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp-Ibilce)
  • Claudia Zavaglia Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp-Ibilce)

Abstract

This paper proposes a reflection on the (internal and external) lexical dynamism, including social networks, in order to discuss its contributions to Lexicography, as the lexicon of a language system is supported by its constant evolution. To meet this purpose, theoretical postulations from Lexicography and Semantics are introduced, as well as contributions from Pragmatics and Terminography. These are used to support discussions based on some lexical items found in the most updated dictionaries of Brazilian Portuguese language, such as Ferreira (2010) and Houaiss (2009); of Italian language, as Zingarelli (2016); and of English language, as Oxford (2015, 2016). New entries and new meanings found in these lexicographical works are discussed in terms of the influence of media and social networks. Their inclusion into the Brazilian, Italian and English linguistic systems are analyzed through examples of some lexemes, whose tendency is the increase of the lexical flow. The advance of technology was found to contribute to the exponential increase of the lexicon, particularly through social networks, which connect, at the same time, a wide range of native speakers and foreign users to the same environment. Lexicography could consider this recent technological reality in order to register these lexical items in the dictionary as they are created and disseminated; obviously, they would be subjected to inclusion criteria justified theoretically.

Keywords: lexicon, lexical dynamism, social networks.

Author Biographies

Fábio Henrique de Carvalho Bertonha, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp-Ibilce)

Mestrando junto ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos, pela Unesp/São José do Rio Preto. Sua área de concentração corresponde à Linguística Aplicada, cuja linha de pesquisa é Lexicologia e Lexicografia, pela Unesp-Ibilce. Graduou-se no curso de Bacharelado em Letras com Habilitação de Tradutor (inglês e italiano, em 2010; francês e espanhol, em 2016) também pela mesma universidade. Pesquisa na área de Lexicografia lidando com dicionários especializados. Atua como tradutor autônomo/freelancer e ministra aulas das respectivas línguas de formação.

Claudia Zavaglia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp-Ibilce)

É Livre-Docente em Lexicografia e Lexicologia desde 2009. Possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1988), mestrado em Língua e Literatura Italiana pela Universidade de São Paulo (1997) e doutorado em Linguística e Língua Portuguesa pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2002). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP - Campus de São José do Rio Preto - SP - IBILCE. Desde 2003, atua na Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos da UNESP/IBILCE, na linha Lexicologia e Lexicografia, direcionando suas pesquisas, substancialmente, para os estudos lexicográficos, lexicológicos e tradutológicos.

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Published

2017-08-16

How to Cite

Bertonha, F. H. de C., & Zavaglia, C. (2017). Lexical dynamism in social networks: Contributions to Lexicography. Calidoscópio, 15(3), 407–416. Retrieved from https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/cld.2017.153.01

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2017): September/December

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