TY - JOUR AU - Opsahl, Toril PY - 2018/02/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Kan ord i bruk bli ord i bok? Urbane ungdomsvarieteter i framtidige ordboksressurser JF - LexicoNordica JA - LN VL - 0 IS - 22 SE - Tematiske bidrag DO - UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/lexn/article/view/104040 SP - AB - “May words in use become words in books?” is the question discussed in this paper. The paper presents some cases where both “new” and “old” words serve discourse functions seldom covered by traditional lexicographical descriptions. Some methodological challenges connected to the description of a vocabulary associated with (multiethnic) youth language practices are discussed, and the claim that a lexicographical approach to “words in use” should be based on a pragmatic or functional rather than a formal approach to the available data, is made. ER -