Neology in practice : lexicographic and terminological approaches to lexical innovation

Kallas, Jelena (author), Koppel, Kristina (author), Heylen, Kris (author), Kernerman, Ilan (author), Ostroški Anić, Ana (author), Vezzani, Federica (author), Arhar Holdt, Špela (author)

The COST Action ‘European Network on Lexical Innovation’ (ENEOLI) has conducted a comprehensive survey in October-November 2024 regarding the methods, practices, tools, and resources used in the study and documentation of lexical innovations, including neologisms and novel senses. The 249 respondents from 50 countries represented linguists, lexicographers, terminologists, translators, software developers, and educators. Respondents could indicate more than one field of expertise, and 169 noted theirs as linguistics (70%), 107 lexicography (44%) and 105 terminology (43%). In this paper, we focus on the responses of those indicating their field of expertise as lexicography and/or terminology, and we analyzed their approaches to the identification and documentation of neologisms, the composition of project teams and the use of corpora and digital tools. Special attention is given to training pathways and professional needs, offering insights into the evolving skills required in the field of lexical innovation.

• Language: English
• Keywords: neologisms, neology, lexical innovation, lexicography, terminology, survey
• Work type: Other
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts; FRI - Faculty of Computer and Information Science
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 652-672
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179227
• UDC: 81'374
• ISSN on article: 2533-5626
• COBISS.SI-ID: 267460867
• Publication date in RUL: 09.02.2026

Record is a part of a proceedings

• Title: eLex 2025
• COBISS.SI-ID: 258410499

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Electronic lexicography in the 21st century. Proceedings of eLex ... conference
• Shortened title: Electron. lexicogr. 21st cent., Proc. eLex ... conf.
• Publisher: Lexical Computing
• ISSN: 2533-5626
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1537552579

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: neologizem, neologija, leksikalna inovacija, leksikografija, terminologija, anketa

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P6-0411-2019
• Name: Jezikovni viri in tehnologije za slovenski jezik