DSNA Conference 23 Program
DSNA 23: Fitness of Our Dictionaries and Lexicography to 21st-Century Realities
Held virtually on June 4, 202110:00 am – 3:30pm North American Eastern Time(GMT 15:00 – 20:30)
PROGRAM (UPDATED 6/1/21)
Introduction: Michael Adams (former President, DSNA)
Keynote: Dictionaries as Authorities: Can They Be and Should They?
Kory Stamper and Bryan GarnerModerator: Lane Greene (The Economist)
Panels
1. How global and national events affect modern lexicographyModerator: Ben Zimmer (Wall Street Journal)Online dictionaries are able to adapt speedily to rapid changes in vocabulary and usage. As an example, Covid-19 and the pandemic have spawned a range of new words and new applications for existing words, such as contact tracing, community spread, flatten the curve, PPE, social distancing, and Covid-19 itself. Who monitors these and similar developments for dictionaries? Who writes or revises the definitions? How do lexicographers keep up with global and national changes in vocabulary and word meanings? How does the proliferation of new vocabulary affect established lexicographical approaches?
Stefan Fatsis: “34 Days: Inside Merriam-Webster’s Emergency Coronavirus Update”Wendalyn Nichols and Lewis C. Lawyer: “Identifying Emergent Meanings...