Palimpsestes verbo-culturels et dictionnaires

CHESSA, FRANCESCA

2010-01-01

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Abstract

The importance of the palimpsestes verbo-culturels in learning a foreign language and culture has been masterly highlighted by Robert Galisson in his works on lexiculture. Galisson shows how difficult it is - for a foreign learner - to read between the lines of the palimpsestes, and to discern the underlying cultural aspects notwithstanding their frequent use, especially in the press. After collecting a series of PVC from the headlines of French magazines and newspapers, we investigated if and which lexical elements listed in bilingual French-Italian dictionaries referred to underlying cultural facts and, therefore, whether those dictionaries could represent a suitable tool for the foreign learner.