Lexicography on the Inside
Doing Time in Every New Zealand Prison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12204275 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Devoney Looser (0000-0003-0613-714X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-87 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Lexicography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3846 • E-ISSN: 1477-4577 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ijl/17.1.69 |
| OpenAlex | W1972780566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Since the compilation of the first dictionaries in English, lexicographers have been interested in chronicling the language of the criminal underworld. Over time, many methods of data-collection have been employed. One recent method is the sociolinguistic interview. In this study, the sociolinguistic interview was used to collect lexical information from inmates in all New Zealand prisons. The challenges of interviewing in prison are discussed, together with the ways the interviews were formulated to overcome these challenges and produce a large amount of reliable data
Criminology · Lexicography · Linguistics · Prison · Sociology · Lexicography and Language Studies · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |