TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Mell, Ruth Maria A1 - Storjohann, Petra ED - Kosem, Iztok ED - Tiberius, Carole ED - Jakubíček, Miloš ED - Kallas, Jelena ED - Krek, Simon ED - Baisa, Vít T1 - A corpus-assisted approach to paronym categorisation T2 - Electronic lexicography in the 21st century. Proceedings of eLex 2017 conference. Leiden, the Netherlands, 19 – 21 September 2017 N2 - In this paper, we will present a first attempt to classify commonly confused words in German by consulting their communicative functions in corpora. Although the use of so-called paronyms causes frequent uncertainties due to similarities in spelling, sound and semantics, up until now the phenomenon has attracted little attention either from the perspective of corpus linguistics or from cognitive linguistics. Existing investigations rely on structuralist models, which do not account for empirical evidence. Still, they have developed an elaborate model based on formal criteria, primarily on word formation (cf. Lăzărescu 1999). Looking from a corpus perspective, such classifications are incompatible with language in use and cognitive elements of misuse. This article sketches first lexicological insights into a classification model as derived from semantic analyses of written communication. Firstly, a brief description of the project will be provided. Secondly, corpus-assisted paronym detection will be focused. Thirdly, in the main section the paper concerns the description of the datasets for paronym classification and the classification procedures. As a work in progress, new insights will continually be extended once spoken and CMC data are added to the investigations. KW - paronyms KW - commonly confused words KW - e-dictionary KW - categorisation KW - semantic classification KW - Deutsch KW - Paronym KW - Korpus KW - Semantische Analyse KW - Computerunterstützte Lexikografie KW - Online-Wörterbuch Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-64256 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-64256 SN - 2533-5626 SS - 2533-5626 SP - 342 EP - 354 PB - Lexical Computing CZ s.r.o. CY - Brno, Czech Republic ER -