Titel: Descriptive and Prescriptive Lexicography in the Norwegian Context
Personen:Berg-Olsen, Sturla
Jahr: 2016
Typ: Aufsatz
Verlag: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Ortsangabe: Tbilisi
In: Margalitadze, Tinatin/Meladze, George (Hgg.): Proceedings of the 17th EURALEX International Congress: Lexicography and Linguistic Diversity. Tbilisi, Georgia 6 - 10 September 2016
Seiten: 92-98
Untersuchte Sprachen: Norwegisch*Norwegian
Schlagwörter: einsprachige Lexikografie*monolingual lexicography
Lemmatisierung*lemmatisation
Mikrostruktur*microstructure
Medium: Online
URI: http://euralex.org/category/publications/euralex-2016/
Zuletzt besucht: 22.10.2018
Abstract: The paper examines some selected Norwegian dictionaries from the perspective of descriptivity and prescriptivity. The main conclusion is that the element of prescriptivity in the dictionaries is larger than what is openly signalled to the users. In the case of one-volume standard dictionaries, prescriptitvity also extends outside the domains of spelling and inflection, although these are the only domains that are officially regulated. It is argued that a revision of these standard dictionaries should encompass a reevaluation of their prescriptive profile. The fact that dictionaries contain elements of prescriptivity is neither unexcpected nor a problem in principle. However, prescriptive statements as a principle should not remain hidden or implicit. To the extent that they do so, this can easily be interpreted as misleading the users rather than guiding or enlightening them.