Josette Rey-Debove

Josette Rey- Debove ( born November 16, 1929 in Calais, † 22 February 2005 in Senegal) was a French Romance languages ​​and Lexikografin.

Life and work

Lexicography in Paul Robert

Josette Debove was in 1952 briefly a high school teacher in Paris, then she followed in April 1953 at the invitation of Paul Robert to Casablanca to there working under the big project of a "Nouveau Littre ", from the dictionary Grand Robert de la langue française in 6 volumes ( 1953-1964, supplement volume in 1971 ) emerged. In 1954 she married her project colleague Alain Rey, with whom she was to form the most important Lexikografenehepaar of all time. After completion of the Grand Robert she was with Alain Rey and Henri Cottez author of Le Petit Robert. Dictionnaire de la langue analogique alphabétique et française (Paris in 1967, and since then numerous editions ), then the Micro Robert ( Paris 1971, and since then numerous editions ).

Science

Josette Rey- Debove poured the collected experiences into a lexicographic Thèse de doctorat de 3e cycle, Problèmes de description de la langue français contemporains dictionaries. Etude linguistique et sémiotique they anfertigte under the direction of Jean Dubois at the University of Paris - Nanterre, defended in December 1968 and the Etude linguistique et ud T. sémiotique of dictionaries français contemporains appeared (The Hague 1971). Then she worked under the direction of Henri Mitterand Thèse de Doctorat d' on a budget, which she defended in 1976 at the University of Paris VIII and métalangage under the title Le. Etude linguistique du discours sur le langage published (1978, 1986, 1997). She taught lexicology and semiotics at the University of Paris III, the University of Paris VII and in 2002 at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

Own dictionary conception

Josette Rey- Debove was involved in nearly all lexicographical projects of the House Robert, in addition the young Lexikografinnen the publishing house trained and was responsible for five innovative dictionaries, which combines her name in a special way:

  • ( with Gilberte Gagnon ) Dictionnaire des anglicismes, Paris 1980, 1984, 1986
  • Méthodique Le Robert, Paris 1982, 1989, 1994; and d T. Le nouveau Robert méthodique, 2003; Robert Le brio, 2004 ( Definition dictionary 34 000 entries analogy word formation structures)
  • Le Petit Robert des enfants, Paris 1988; ud T. Le Robert des jeunes, 1991 ( Definition dictionary 16 000 entries exemplification of permanent staff in the example sentences, which can be like a jigsaw puzzle together to make a story )
  • Robert Le quotidien, Paris 1996 ( Definition dictionary with 50 000 entries 6000 antipuristische word comments)
  • Dictionnaire du français. Référence. Apprentissage, Paris 1999 ( Definition dictionary for native speakers of 20 000 entries readability of definitions rich exemplification )

Other works

  • (Ed.) La lexicographie, in: Langages 19, 1970
  • (Ed. with Alain Rey ) Dictionnaire universel of noms propres. Alphabétique et analogique, 4 vols, Paris 1974
  • Lexique. Sémiotique, Paris 1979
  • La linguistique du signe. Une approche du langage sémiotique, Paris 1998
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