The article shows the enormous progress made in the field of lexical research in the last twenty years, mainly because of the advent of the Internet and in particular of Google Book Search, which has changed the world of lexicography especially for the search for backdating and for the historicization of lexemes. Google Book Search, however, was born with other intentions, and also for this reason it should be used with great caution, since its results are not always reliable. To exploit critically its potential, a number of initiatives regarding the lexicon have recently started, some under the aegis of the Accademia della Crusca, such as ArchiDATA and VoDIM, others independent, such as the «AVSI» scientific journal and the RALIP software. The article shows that the most profitable search methods are the integrated ones, which take advantage of the set of available resources and minimize the flaws of Google Book Search and manual search. To demonstrate the potential of this type of research, the paper backdates numerous deanthroponyms in the literary production of a famous modern Italian writer, Gabriele D’Annunzio, first step for subsequent backdatings through the Internet.
L’articolo mostra gli enormi progressi compiuti nel campo della ricerca lessicale negli ultimi vent’anni, in primo luogo grazie alla diffusione di Internet e in particolare all’avvento di Google Ricerca Libri, che ha cambiato il mondo della lessicografia soprattutto per quanto riguarda la ricerca delle retrodatazioni e per la storicizzazione dei lessemi. Google Ricerca Libri, comunque, è nato con altri intenti, e per questo motivo va usato con grande cautela, visto che i suoi risultati non sono sempre affidabili. Sfruttandone criticamente le potenzialità, recentemente hanno visto la luce diverse iniziative riguardanti il lessico, alcune sotto l’egida dell’Accademia della Crusca, come ArchiDATA e VoDIM, altre indipendenti, come la rivista «AVSI» e il software RALIP. L’articolo mostra come i metodi di ricerca più redditizi siano quelli integrati, che sfruttano l’insieme delle risorse disponibili e riducono al minimo i difetti di Google Ricerca Libri e della ricerca puramente manuale. Per verificare le potenzialità di questo tipo di ricerca, sono qui retrodatia numerosi deantroponimici rinvenibili nella produzione letteraria di Gabriele D’Annunzio: una volta emersi, tali deantroponimici potranno essere ulteriormente retrodatati ricorrendo a Internet
La ricerca digitale in campo lessicale: fra strumenti innovativi e sinergia d’intenti (con un sondaggio sui deantroponimici dannunziani)
Biasci G
2022-01-01
Abstract
The article shows the enormous progress made in the field of lexical research in the last twenty years, mainly because of the advent of the Internet and in particular of Google Book Search, which has changed the world of lexicography especially for the search for backdating and for the historicization of lexemes. Google Book Search, however, was born with other intentions, and also for this reason it should be used with great caution, since its results are not always reliable. To exploit critically its potential, a number of initiatives regarding the lexicon have recently started, some under the aegis of the Accademia della Crusca, such as ArchiDATA and VoDIM, others independent, such as the «AVSI» scientific journal and the RALIP software. The article shows that the most profitable search methods are the integrated ones, which take advantage of the set of available resources and minimize the flaws of Google Book Search and manual search. To demonstrate the potential of this type of research, the paper backdates numerous deanthroponyms in the literary production of a famous modern Italian writer, Gabriele D’Annunzio, first step for subsequent backdatings through the Internet.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
