Revisitando a ecolexicografia

Abstract

Ecolexicography was coined and first proposed by Sarmento (2000). It can be defined in two different ways: a science formed by the two abovementioned areas existing in the term itself (ecolinguistics and lexicography) which seeks to present theories and methodology proper for the elaboration of ecolexicographic works; a technique that provides elements for macrostructural and microstructural elaboration and analysis. This discipline does not deal with the elaboration of Ecology Dictionary or ecological terms, but it is a work of reflection and elaboration of the articles of the dictionaries thinking about the effects and results that each lexeme brings to the individuals (species interacting within the ecosystem) and to the planet (the ecosystem), in addition it brings word definitions that are more in agreement with the ecological vision of the world. All this work is conducted without losing sight of the use of the language. According to what has been exposed, this paper aims to theoretically and methodologically broaden the original ecolexicographical proposal by discussing concepts of ecosystemic linguistics and its possible contributions to ecolexicography and to present subsidies for a metacolexicography. As one of the results, what is sought in this communication is to appeal to the ecolinguists, who seem to have forgotten or at least neglected this area of ecolinguistics, emphasizing the benefits that can come from the ecolexicographic work for both the scientific community and for education.