Teorías semánticas y definición lexicográfica. Análisis de las paráfrasis explicativas de los diccionarios generales de lengua española

Félix Bugueño Miranda; Virginia Sita Farias

doi:10.5007/2175-7968.2013v2n32p183

Semantic theories and lexicographic definition. Analyse of explanatory paraphrases of spanish general dictionaries

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Félix Bugueño Miranda Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Virginia Sita Farias Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2013v2n32p183

Abstract

A theory of the lexicographic definition must be founded on three parameters: (1) a taxonomy of explanatory paraphrases, (2) a syntactic pattern, and (3) a semantic model. This paper deals with the third parameter. First, we will concisely present three theoretical models –the truth-conditional semantics, the componential analysis, and the prototype theory. Additionally, we will analyze the definitions provided by Spanish dictionaries in order to: (a) evaluate the contributions of each theoretical model to the clarification of the meaning of lexical units, and (b) determine its limitations regarding the formulation of the explanatory paraphrases. Although only Spanish dictionaries were analyzed, the results of this study can also be applied to other lexicographical traditions.

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Félix Bugueño Miranda, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Felix Bugueño Miranda graduated in Lengua y Literatura Hispánica from Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (1987) and has a doctor’s degree in Romance Philology by Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg (1993). He is currently a professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Email: felixv@uol.com

Virginia Sita Farias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Virginia Sita Farias has a graduate degree in Portuguese and Spanish Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (2006), a master’s degree in Lexicography and Terminology at the Postgraduate Programme in Language, Literature, and Linguistics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/UFRGS (2009) and a doctor’s degree in Lexicography and Terminology at the Postgraduate Programme in Language, Literature, and Linguistics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/UFRGS (2013) (CNPq Handbag) - doctoral period as visiting researcher in the Institut für Romanistik of the Universität Paderborn/Germany. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Email: virginiafarias@terra.com.br

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2013-08-07

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Bugueño Miranda, F., & Sita Farias, V. (2013). Semantic theories and lexicographic definition. Analyse of explanatory paraphrases of spanish general dictionaries. Cadernos De Tradução, 2(32), 183–225. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2013v2n32p183

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Vol. 2 No. 32 (2013): Lexicografia e Metalexicografia

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