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We introduce DeReKoGram, a novel frequency dataset containing lemma and part-of-speech (POS) information for 1-, 2-, and 3-grams from the German Reference Corpus. The dataset contains information based on a corpus of 43.2 billion tokens and is divided into 16 parts based on 16 corpus folds. We describe how the dataset was created and structured. By evaluating the distribution over the 16 folds, we show that it is possible to work with a subset of the folds in many use cases (e.g., to save computational resources). In a case study, we investigate the growth of vocabulary (as well as the number of hapax legomena) as an increasing number of folds are included in the analysis. We cross-combine this with the various cleaning stages of the dataset. We also give some guidance in the form of Python, R, and Stata markdown scripts on how to work with the resource.
This paper presents the corpus-based lexicographical prototype that was developed within the framework of the project Lexik des gesprochenen Deutsch (=LeGeDe) as a thirdparty funded project. Research results regarding the information offered in dictionaries have shown that there is a necessity for information on spoken lexis and its interactional functions. The resulting LeGeDe-prototype is based on these needs and desiderata and is thus an innovative example for the adequate representation of spoken language in online dictionaries. It is available online since September 2019 (https://www.owid.de/legede/). In the following sections, after first focusing on the presentation of the project’s goals, the data basis, the intended end user, and the applied methods, we will illustrate the microstructure of the prototype and the information provided in a dictionary entry based on the lemma eben. Finally, we will summarize innovative aspects that are important for the implementation of such a resource.
The majority of new words in dictionaries are included following a certain period of time during which they have become more frequent in use and established morphosyntactic and orthographic features consistent with the language system they are borrowed into. In case of borrowed new words, inclusion often takes place at a transitional state of assimilation to the language system, where delayed orthographic or phonetic change cannot be ruled out and the differentiation between standard-conforming and non-standard orthographic word forms of a lemma oftentimes depends on the proximity between the writing systems of the donor and the recipient language. Following a brief overview of loan words and their lexicographical description in the Neologismenwörterbuch, a specialized online dictionary for neologisms in contemporary German, this paper presents findings of an investigative case study on dictionary entries for a neologism borrowed from a logographic language system and discusses the potential of a corpus-based description of new loan words.
Innerhalb der für das Paronymprojekt aufgestellten Stichwortliste lassen sich zahlreiche Wortbildungsmuster erkennen. Deren Übereinstimmung von theoretischer Wortbildung und praktischem Sprachgebrauch soll in diesem Beitrag anhand von zehn auf -freit-los endender Paronympaare untersucht werden. Es wird gezeigt, dass diese Wortbildungsgruppe in vielfacher Hinsicht in sich heterogen ist. So lässt sich weder eine Präferenz für eine Endung ausmachen, noch entsprechen die Endungen einer einheitlichen Bedeutung. Auch werden die Paronyme mal synonym, mal teil-synonym und mal semantisch gänzlich unabhängig voneinander verwendet. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand von konkreten Korpusbeispielen gezeigt, wie unterschiedlich sich die einzelnen, mit gleichen Endungen gebildeten Paronympaare kontextuell verhalten.
Die Internationale Auto-Ausstellung (IAA) wurde 2015 mit einer Enzyklopädie beworben, die genau drei Einträge bereithält: ‚Stau‘, ‚Auffahrunfall‘ und ‚Einparken‘. Die mit äußerster Beflissenheit vorgenommene Ausgestaltung dieser Einträge scheint eine Parodie authentischer Nachschlagewerke zu sein, bildet diese jedoch exakter ab, als man zu hoffen wagt.
Die Stichwortliste bildet eine tragende Säule von gedruckten als auch von Online-Wörterbüchern. Daher ist die Konzeption und Erarbeitung einer Stichwortliste auch eine zentrale Aufgabe in der Anfangsphase des am IDS in Angriff genommenen Paronymwörterbuchs. Welche Überlegungen dabei angestellt, welche Ideen entwickelt und welche Pläne bzw. Entscheidungen schließlich umgesetzt wurden, wird in dem Beitrag aufgezeigt.
Once a new word or a new meaning is added to a monolingual dictionary, the lexicographer is to provide a definition of this item. This paper focuses on the methodological challenges in writing such definitions. After a short discussion of the central terminology (method and definition), the article describes factors which inform this process: linguistic theories, linguistic and lexicographical methods, and types of definitions. Using the example of elexiko, a dictionary project of the Institute for the German language (IDS) in Mannheim, Germany, the paper finally showcases the compilation of definitions in a monolingual online dictionary of contemporary German.