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Petra Storjohann

• The contributions of new words to the construction of a discourse are understood as discourse functions. For example, neologisms introduce new ways of thinking by embodying novel conceptual knowledge and influencing collective thought processes. They play a crucial role in distinguishing emerging social practices by clarifying vague concepts and laying the groundwork for further lexical innovation, such as through word formation. Within crisis-related discourse, neologisms become fundamental in shaping linguistic reality, acting as pivotal nodes within a structured network. They have the potential to expose ideological content and cultural values, as these terms can highlight key issues in debates. Terms such as Cancel Culture, Wokeness, and Greenflation capture a range of views and beliefs in societal dialogues across ideological, cultural, and political spectrums. However, when neologisms are documented lexicographically, their roles in discourse are not specified. This paper demonstrates how the key discourse aspects highlighted by new vocabulary are systematically documented in a recently developed German neologism dictionary. Clearly, the novel resource seeks to transcend the constraints of previous lexicographical methods by adopting specific elements of discourse lexicography (Kämper 2006: 350). This paper also explores whether new methods can be utilised for such an endeavour. Keywords: neologism resource, discourse lexicography, critical discourse analysis, discourse patterns, discourse functions, word embedding.
• Die bydraes van nuwe woorde tot die konstruksie van 'n diskoers word as diskoersfunksies verstaan. Neologismes lei, byvoorbeeld, tot nuwe denkwyses deur nuwe konseptuele kennis te vergestalt en kollektiewe denkprosesse te beïnvloed. Hulle speel 'n deurslaggewende rol in die karakterisering van opkomende sosiale praktyke deur vae konsepte te verhelder en die grondslag vir verdere leksikale innovasie, soos d.m.v. woordvorming, te lê. Binne krisisverwante diskoers word neologismes noodsaaklik in die vorming van 'n linguistiese werklikheid deur as sentrale punte binne 'n gestruktureerde netwerk op te tree. Neologismes beskik oor die potensiaal om ideologiese inhoud en kulturele waardes bloot te lê, aangesien hierdie terme belangrike kwessies in debatte kan uitlig. Terme soos "Cancel-Culture", "Wokeness", en "Greenflation" vang 'n reeks sienings en oortuigings in samelewingsgesprekke oor ideologiese, kulturele en politieke spektrums vas. Wanneer neologismes egter leksikografies gedokumenteer word, word hul rolle in diskoers nie gespesifiseer nie. Hierdie artikel demonstreer hoe die sleutelaspekte van diskoers wat deur nuwe woordeskatitems beklemtoon word, sistematies in 'n onlangs ontwikkelde Duitse neologismewoordeboek gedokumenteer word. Dit is duidelik dat dié nuwe hulpbron poog om die beperkings van vorige leksikografiese metodes teoorkom deur spesifieke elemente van die diskoersleksikografie (Kämper 2006: 350) oor te neem. Hierdie artikel verken ook die moontlikheid dat nuwe metodes hiervoor aangewend kan word.