| Titel: |
Empirical Approaches to German Paronyms |
| Personen: | Storjohann, Petra/Schnörch, Ulrich |
| Jahr: |
2014 |
| Typ: |
Aufsatz |
| Verlag: |
Institute for Specialised Communication and Multilingualism |
| Ortsangabe: |
Bolzano/Bozen |
| In: |
Abel, Andrea/Vettori, Chiara/Ralli, Natascia: Proceedings of the 16th EURALEX International Congress: The User in Focus, Bolzano/Bozen, Italien 15 - 19 July 2014 |
| Seiten: |
463-476 |
| Untersuchte Sprachen: |
Deutsch*German |
| Schlagwörter: |
Internet-Lexikografie/Online-Lexikografie*internet lexicography/online lexicography
Kollokationen/Phraseologismen/Wortverbindungen*collocations/phraseologisms/multi word items
korpusbasierte Lexikografie*corpus-based lexicography
semantische Relationen im Wörterbuch*semantic/sense relations in dictionaries
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| Medium: |
Online |
| URI: |
http://euralex.org/category/publications/euralex-2014/ |
| Zuletzt besucht: |
22.10.2018 |
| Abstract: |
German lexical items with similar or related morphological roots and similar meaning potential are easily confused by native speakers
and language learners. These include so-called paronyms such as effektiv/effizient, sensitive/sensibel, formell/formal/förmlich.
Although these are generally not regarded as synonyms, empirical studies suggest that in some cases items of a paronym set have
undergone meaning change and developed synonymous notions. In other cases, they remain similar in meaning, but show subtle
differences in definition and restrictions of usage. Whereas the treatment of synonyms has received attention from corpus-linguists (cf.
Partington 1998; Taylor 2003), the subject of paronyms has not been revisited with empirical, data-driven methods neither in terms of
semantic theory nor in terms of practical lexicography. As a consequence, we also need to search for suitable corpus methods for
detailed semantic investigation. Lexicographically, some German paronyms have been documented in printed dictionaries (e.g. Müller
1973; Pollmann & Wolk 2010). However, there is no corpus-assisted reference guide describing paronyms empirically and enabling
readers to find the correct contemporary usage. Therefore, solutions to some lexicographic challenges are required. |