FEATURED NEOLOGISM:

Among neologisms, I particularly appreciate portmanteau words. In the field of linguistics, for example, words like “lexiculture” (GALISSON, Robert, «Culture et lexiculture partagées: les mots comme lieux d’observation des faits culturels», Éla. Études de linguistique appliquée, 1988, n. 69, p. 74-90) and “sociolexicography” (BUSSE, Ulrich, «Lexicography as a Sign of the Times. A Study in Socio-Lexicography», in Symposium on Lexicography X, De Gruyter, 2002, URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110933192.49, last accessed July 13, 2023) perfectly embody the spirit of certain terms that identify realities typical of specific cultures.

Mariadomenica Lo Nostro is an Associate Professor of French Linguistics at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Salerno. She obtained her D.R.A. in Semiotics from the Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, and her Ph.D. in French Studies from the University of Bari. A specialist in lexicography and bilingual dictionary studies (French-Italian), she is the author of “La dictionnairique bilingue. Analyses et suggestions” (2012, Hermann) and co-editor of issue 177 of Ela “La dictionnairique” (2015, Paris). She is responsible for the paratextual and iconographic apparatus of the NDGB (Nouveau Dictionnaire Général Bilingue italien/français-français/italien, 2020). Her research focuses on macrostructure, extralinguistic elements, didactics, and issues related to language and vocabulary learning, with a strong interest in the cultural significance of neologisms, and verbal, paraverbal, and non-verbal communication. https://docenti.unisa.it/005973/curriculum