Observing Norm, Observing Usage: Lexis in Dictionaries and the Media (Linguistic Insights) (English, French and Spanish Edition)

This volume includes a collection of studies on the interplay between norm and usage in lexis, which is explored by looking at both dictionaries and the media. The title features the polysemous verb to observe, which is used both in the sense of «investigating» use/usage and in that of «respecting» norms. This thematic area is analysed from a synchronic perspective focusing predominantly on the lexis of four European languages, namely English, French, Italian and Spanish, although other languages are occasionally referred to (e.g. Catalan and Danish). The volume comprises nineteen chapters, which provide a wide-ranging, but deeply focused overview of the complex and challenging interrelation between sites and processes of norm formation and the recontextualization, reconfiguration and re-creation of those norms. The book is structured in four thematic sections, which focus on the norm-setting role of dictionaries, the importance of authentic language use in recent lexicographic products, the impact of the Web on language usage as well as on the processes of norm creation and diffusion, and the impact of mass-mediated communication on lexis. The volume contains contributions in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Contents 7 Acknowledgements 11 Preface. Norm and Use/Usage: Dichotomy, Convergence or Overlapping? 13 Introduction 27 The Report of the Death of the General Dictionary is 39 From Norm to Usage: Revisiting Italian Borrowings in the 71 Caribbean English Vocabulary: Setting a Norm through Lexicographic Practice 91 La norma lingüística en el discurso lexicográfico del castellano y el catalán: una primera aproximación1 111 Nuevos diccionarios bilingües y nuevo léxico en uso. 129 La norma en la lematización de anglicismos con doble grafía 147 L’“ibrido gergo della moda” nei dizionari italiani della prima metà del Novecento 162 Dizionari di collocazioni italiane e collocazioni da insegnare nell’uso scritto 184 Right Word or Wrong Word? Lexical Errors in Dictionaries of Common Mistakes for EFL Italian Learners 201 Vague Lexis in Spoken Academic English and in Advanced Corpus-Based Learner’s Dictionaries 219 Norm and Usage in Online Open-Source Dictionaries: The Case of Fashion Lexis in Urban Dictionary 241 La phraséologie du français dans le Web 2.0 : dictionnaires en ligne, blogs et forums 259 Comment rendre les dictionnaires spécialisés plus performants, plus utiles et plus proches de la réalité ? 279 Norms, Usage and Linguistic Effects of Downstream Screen Translation 299 Cross-Linguistic Interference into the Italian Dubbing of TV Series: The Cases of 331 Observing Translation Norms in Dubbed Audiovisuals: The Case of Vague Language Expressions 349 Mediatizing Prescription and Popular Attitudes to Accent(s) of English. An Investigation of YouTubers’ Comments on Pronunciation 371 Vargas Llosa: creatividad y variación léxicas en el español culto 389 De quelques considérations sur la qualité de la langue et sur la situation linguistique actuelle au Québec 407 Notes on Contributors 425 This book explores the interplay between norm and usage in lexis. The contributions examine the norm-setting role of dictionaries, the importance of authentic data in lexicography, the impact of the Web on language usage and on the processes of norm creation, and the impact of mass-mediated communication on lexis.