Abstract
This is a presentation of the lexicographic part of Projekt samtalesprog [“Project Talk-in-interaction”]. This project aims at describing lexemes in naturally occurring interactions, on the basis of how sound strings are actually produced and used in interaction. The authors have access to two corpora of Danish talk-in-interaction and the paper illustrates how a search for sound strings that are possible lexemes can be carried out using these corpora and the available search options. The search begins with an intuition, that there is a lexeme in spoken Danish, vaffen, meaning something like ‘which’, that does not occur in written corpora and has, consequently, not been described in written language based lexicography. A pilot study is deviced, and this study provides evidence for two lexemes, vaffen and vafnén, which are used in different environments and with a possible difference in meaning. The paper argues that research that takes talk-in-interaction seriously as an object of study in its own right will be able to yield results, which may lead to a new understanding of lexeme boundaries and lexeme divisions. New search machines, based on sounds, not strings of characters, need to be developed in order for such an endeavour to gain ground.
| Original language | Danish |
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| Journal | Nordiske Studier i Leksikografi |
| Volume | 14 |
| Pages (from-to) | 113-119 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | 14. Konference om Leksikografi i Norden : Ordbøger og sproglige resurser - Reykjavìk, Iceland Duration: 30 May 2017 → 2 Jun 2017 http://www.arnastofnun.is/page/nfl2017 |
Conference
| Conference | 14. Konference om Leksikografi i Norden |
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| Country/Territory | Iceland |
| City | Reykjavìk |
| Period | 30/05/2017 → 02/06/2017 |
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