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This study aims to establish what lexical factors make it more likely for dictionary users to consult specific articles in a dictionary using the English Wiktionary log files, which include records of user visits over the course of 6 years. Recent findings suggest that lexical frequency is a significant factor predicting look-up behavior, with the more frequent words being more likely to be consulted. Three further lexical factors are brought into focus: (1) age of acquisition; (2) lexical prevalence; and (3) degree of polysemy operationalized as the number of dictionary senses. Age of acquisition and lexical prevalence data were obtained from recent published studies and linked to the list of visited Wiktionary lemmas, whereas polysemy status was derived from Wiktionary entries themselves. Regression modeling confirms the significance of corpus frequency in explaining user interest in looking up words in the dictionary. However, the remaining three factors also make a contribution whose nature is discussed and interpreted. Knowing what makes dictionary users look up words is both theoretically interesting and practically useful to lexicographers, telling them which lexical items should be prioritized in lexicographic work.
In social interaction, different kinds of word-meaning can become problematic for participants. This study analyzes two meta-semantic practices, definitions and specifications, which are used in response to clarification requests in German implemented by the format Was heißt X (‘What does X mean?’). In the data studied, definitions are used to convey generalizable lexical meanings of mostly technical terms. These terms are either unknown to requesters, or, in pedagogical contexts, requesters ask in order to check the addressee’s knowledge. Specifications, in contrast, clarify aspects of local speaker meanings of ordinary expressions (e.g., reference, participants in an event, standards applied to scalar expressions). Both definitions and specifications are recipient-designed with respect to the (presumed) knowledge of the addressee and tailored to the topical and practical relevancies of the current interaction. Both practices attest to the flexibility and situatedness of speakers’ semantic understandings and to the systematicity of using meta-semantic practices differentially for different kinds of semantic problems. Data are come from mundane and institutional interaction in German from the public corpus FOLK.
studierfähig – studierbar. Die semantischen Rollen von Aktiv und Passiv bei deverbativen Adjektiven
(2024)
Mehrsprachigkeit gehört zu den Themen, zu denen wohl viele Menschen eine Meinung haben. Der Wert traditioneller schulischer Fremdsprachen wird dabei häufig hervorgehoben, während Wert und Erhalt von Herkunftssprachen Zugewanderter hinterfragt werden. Einstellungen gegenüber Sprachen sind demnach abhängig vom Prestige der jeweiligen Sprachen und ihrer Sprecher:innen. Dies geschieht vor dem Hintergrund, dass Deutschland überwiegend als ein einsprachiges Land mit einer einsprachigen Gesellschaft angesehen wird. Ähnliches gilt im Übrigen auch für Österreich. So schreibt beispielsweise der Sprachwissenschaftler Heiko Marten, „dass in der Wahrnehmung großer Teile der österreichischen Gesellschaft Monolingualismus nach wie vor die Norm ist“ (Marten 2016, S. 165). Diese Annahme gilt auch für den schulischen Kontext, wie die Erziehungswissenschaftlerin Ingrid Gogolin mit dem Begriff des „monolingualen Habitus“ herausgearbeitet hat (vgl. Gogolin 2008). Gründe für einen monolingualen Habitus könnten darin liegen, dass „von Teilen der Allgemeinheit oft übersehen [wird], dass in Deutschland auch zahlreiche weitere Sprachen gesprochen werden“ (Marten 2016, S. 148). Doch was passiert nun, wenn eine Sprache einen Statuswechsel von Landessprache zu Herkunftssprache durchläuft? Was lässt sich beobachten, wenn beispielsweise das Deutsche zu einer Minderheitensprache wird?
This contribution explores the relationship between the English CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) vocabulary levels and user interest in English Wiktionary entries. User interest was operationalized through the number of views of these entries in Wikimedia server logs covering a period of four years (2019–2022). Our findings reveal a significant relationship between CEFR levels and user interest: entries classified at lower CEFR levels tend to attract more views, which suggests a greater user interest in more basic vocabulary. A multiple regression model controlling for other known or potential factors affecting interest: corpus frequency, polysemy, word prevalence, and age of acquisition confirmed that lower CEFR levels attract significantly more views even after taking into account the other predictors. These findings highlight the importance of CEFR levels in predicting which words users are likely to look up, with implications for lexicography and the development of language learning materials.