The Handling of Down Syndrome and Related Terms in Modern Dictionaries

Jost, David; Crocker, Allen C.

doi:10.1353/dic.1987.0007

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1987

DOI: 10.1353/dic.1987.0007

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The Handling of Down Syndrome and Related Terms in Modern Dictionaries

David Jost¹,

Allen C. Crocker²

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Treatment of words for illness and disability in monolingual English dictionaries

Norri

2019

International Journal of Lexicography

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The article examines the treatment of twenty-five words for illness and disability in twenty monolingual English dictionaries. The selection of works examined includes learners’, collegiate, and general-purpose dictionaries, both British and American. The analysis focusses on the indications of offensiveness, if any, that lexicographers have included in the entries. The lexemes studied have fallen out of favour in recent decades (e.g. handicapped, midget, retard, retarded, spastic) or do not follow the principles of person-first language, in particular the recommendation that patients should not be named after their conditions (e.g. infirm, lunatic, paralytic, syphilitic as nouns). The treatment of individual terms varies quite considerably from one volume to another. Some dictionaries have clearly adopted a policy of warning readers against almost any word referring to a person with a health issue. Others are more selective in their assignment of labels and usage notes. Discussions about person-first language have clearly influenced many of the dictionaries examined.

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Treatment of words for illness and disability in monolingual English dictionaries

Norri

2019

International Journal of Lexicography

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Thirty-four Years of Dictionaries

Jost¹

2014

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This overview of thirty-four years of Dictionaries: Journal of The Dictionary Society of North America is arranged topically largely by the features of dictionaries. Scope, sources, headwords, defining, pronunciation, etymology, usage, synonyms, and art are covered in such a way that the articles and reviews that pertain to these topics are distributed among them. The overview also apportions articles and reviews among the topics of technology, audience, personnel, and lexicography as a subject. The article serves as an annotated index to the journal’s rich content to help readers discover and rediscover these riches and stimulate further research.

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Racist Language in Society and in Dictionaries: A Pragmatic Perspective

Hauptfleisch¹

2013

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After a reference in the Introduction to action by pressure groups against derogatory language used by the speech community when referring to particular social groups or social convictions, mention is made of various unprotesting social groups. The whole of section 2 is devoted to a discussion of racist language in society. Seven different categories are illustrated with examples from various languages. The important question of how racist language should be handled in dictionaries is examined in section 3. Examples of protests by ethnic pressure groups are given, followed by a wide-ranging discussion of subjects such as the inclusion or exclusion of racist lexical items, definitions and usage labels of racist items, and the utilization of usage examples of racist items with definientia. Where applicable, suitable definitions and effectual usage labels are suggested.

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The Handling of Down Syndrome and Related Terms in Modern Dictionaries

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Treatment of words for illness and disability in monolingual English dictionaries

Treatment of words for illness and disability in monolingual English dictionaries

Thirty-four Years of Dictionaries

Racist Language in Society and in Dictionaries: A Pragmatic Perspective

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