The article presents a concept for a handbook dealing with normative issues, with an emphasis on the concept of a normative dictionary. It will illustrate vocabulary that is new and of normative interest using current examples that are also communicative for general users. The collection will be organized to enable ongoing processing and updating of linguistic material, thereby contributing to the development of Slovenian normative studies. Sample items prepared for publication illustrate the basic design principles for a modern normative dictionary.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28626989
This article presents the concept of variability in the linguistic norm and codification as well as in linguistic tradition. Variant normative solutions in the most recent version of the Slovenian normative guide, together with lexical corpora and other web resources, are used to describe language use today, six years after the normative guide was published. The article describes how language users have accepted variable codification, which is essential for preparing codification in the future.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28610093
This contribution presents a linguistic analysis of brand names and industrial products researched as a group of proper nouns signifying objects. The process of change which is demonstrated through the changes at various linguistic levels, at different stages – until the transition from proper to common nouns is reached. The presentation of generic names is researched in the dictionaries from the second half of the twentieth century, focusing particularly on the deficiencies of the actual codifications.
COBISS.SI-ID: 42600802
This contribution discusses the problems of writing syntagms comprising adjectives, derived from proper nouns, ending on the suffixes ov/-ev and –in, when they occur as a part of fixed expression. The current orthographic manual writes these syntagms as doubles; however, in this contribution it is pointed out that all the parameters which may influence the writing of these syntagms have to be examined anew.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31085869
This article examines how words recently borrowed into Slovenian are written. The semantic fields of food and drink were selected to demonstrate that lexical borrowing is a linguistic change that takes place gradually such that various forms coexist in a language. The analysis of selected words borrowed from various languages during various time periods shows that the degree of nativization depends on intersecting linguistic, social, and psychological factors.
COBISS.SI-ID: 32476717