The article briefly presents queer theory and its implications in linguistics, pointing out the linguistic body of work that maintains queer linguistics as a separate research field. The principles of queer linguistics are placed within a linguistics framework, emphasizing the conflict between the principal lexicographical standpoint and the concept of queer linguistics: the description of the norm in the relation to the deconstruction of normative patterns in linguistic descriptions. The article proposes a lexicographical approach that enables the social construction of norms (when dealing with different social groups) as well as their deconstruction (i.e. the issue pertaining directly to queer linguistics) to become viable lexicographical concepts.
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