Description

• Title:
  On the methods of defining meanings of religious lexis in online thematic dictionaries
• Creator:
  Czarnecka, Katarzyna
• Description:
  The research material comprises dictionaries of terms related to Catholicism, functioning on Polish websites. The aim of this lexicographical-nature study is the description of dictionary definitions, namely ways of defining meanings that appear in the online dictionaries collected. The author distinguishes 3 types of texts appearing in the section of the headword, in which a definition is traditionally placed: 1) information about what the headword means, tending to be balanced, provided in stylistically neutral vocabulary, sometimes with features of academic style – objective definitions; 2) information about the meaning of a word, supplemented by a humorous or satirical presentation of the designatum – subjective definitions; 3) Texts that replace a proper definition, connected to headwords in different ways – pseudo-definitions (failed definitions or comments). The number of dictionaries published on the Internet proves that the model of a dictionary as a way to share information is considered useful and attractive. The method of composing a definition, however, shows how different objectives are attributed to online dictionaries: not only should they impart knowledge about the language, but first of all describe the world and shape favorable or reluctant attitude of readers to religious issues.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Date:
  2015.12.30
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Peer-reviewed Article
• Language:
  Polish;
  pol
• Source:
  Poznańskie Spotkania Językoznawcze; No. 29 (2015): Pogranicza językoznawstwa polonistycznego; 17–35;
  Poznańskie Spotkania Językoznawcze; Nr 29 (2015): Pogranicza językoznawstwa polonistycznego; 17–35;
  2450-0259;
  2082-9825
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/psj/article/view/4145/4209
• Subject:
  lexicography;
  online dictionary;
  defining;
  religious language;
  persuasion
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/psj/article/view/4145
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text