Uncertainty in deliberate lexical interventions

Download or read book Uncertainty in deliberate lexical interventions written by Mélanie Maradan and published by Frank & Timme GmbH. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language managers in their different forms (language planners, terminologists, professional neologists …) have long tried to intervene in the lexical usage of speakers, with various degrees of success: Some of their lexical items (partly) penetrate language use, others do not. Based on electronic networks of practice of the Esperanto speech community, Mélanie Maradan establishes the foundation for a new method to extract speakers’ opinions on lexical items from text corpora. The method is intended as a tool for language managers to detect and explore in context the reasons why speakers might accept or reject lexical items.