I leksikografiens periferi – tydingsbeskriving av som i Norsk Ordbok

Authors

  • Madeleine Halmøy
  • Sturla Berg-Olsen

Abstract

The Norwegian word som ‘as; like; that, which, who’ is a prime example
of a grammatical word whose meaning must be characterised
in very abstract terms, thus representing a fairly untypical challenge
for the editors of a general monolingual dictionary. In this article we
present our analysis of som as a word with a specific meaning that
is apparent in all of its uses. We show how this analysis is reflected
in the format of a dictionary entry, where the main guiding principle
behind the division into submeanings is linguistic context and
construction types. Dictionaries provide a focused and condensed
format that in some cases is well-suited for presenting analyses of
grammatical phenomena.

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Published

2012-01-01

How to Cite

Halmøy, M., & Berg-Olsen, S. (2012). I leksikografiens periferi – tydingsbeskriving av som i Norsk Ordbok. LexicoNordica, (19). Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/lexn/article/view/18412