The Lexicographic Definition – Metatext or Metadiscourse? Cover Image

Definiţia lexicografică – metatext sau metadiscurs?
The Lexicographic Definition – Metatext or Metadiscourse?

Author(s): Ioan Oprea
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: definition; dictionary; metalanguage; semiotics; semantics; syntax; pragmatics; metatext;signification; language; text;

Summary/Abstract: It is generally acknowledged that the information following a headword in a monolingual dictionary is a matter of metalanguage, and since the information itself may be of several types, one is entitled to consider several metalanguages. Within this context, the analytical definition is a special means of making any lexical unit in its structure function metalinguistically. Since many specialists have already embraced concepts such as “metadiscourse” and “metatext”, the lexicographic (analytical) definition must be revisited, which is the scope of the present paper.

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 35-42
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian