Estudo da rede de remissivas em dicionários escolares

Abstract

In recent decades, studies in Lexicology have been developed considerably, especially in relation to theoretical discussions about lexical works. Alongside this, lexicography, which distinguishes it as the art of making dictionaries, has also witnessed a great progress, especially with respect to new parameters for the construction of dictionaries. Thus, new areas of interest gain prominence within the lexical studies such as the pedagogical lexicography, which refers to studies of works devoted to apprentices. Our work, therefore, following the principles of metalexicography, which deals with analysis and criticism of the lexical works, aims to describe and analyze the system of cross-references in two learner’s dictionaries, namely Mini Aurélio jr. (2005) and Mini Houaiss (2004). For this, randomly selected from nine entries, in the nomenclature of the work in question. The entries selected belong to three grammatical categories - noun, adjective and verb - once that these grammatical categories have a high productivity of words in the Portuguese language, favoring thus the establishment of references in dictionaries. We present the description of the cross-references in the two dictionaries under review, noting the variation in relation to the indices used for reference. The results of analyses show a discrepancy between metalexicographic principles and what is actually presented in terms of medioestructure in learner’s dictionaries. This results is an impairment of the flow of information between entries in the dictionaries.