Variations Graphiques des Mots Composés Dans le Petit Larousse et le Petit Robert

Michel Mathieu-Colas | Université de Paris XIII et L.A.D.L.

Orthographic variations of compound words in le Petit Larousse and le Petit Robert. The analysis of the two most common French dictionaries — le Petit Larousse and le Petit Robert — brings into relief the orthographic instability of compound words. This study notes many disagreements between the two works, as well as a number of internal contradictions. Hesitation concerns mainly the use of the hyphen (audio-visuel or audiovisuel, fille-mère or fille mère) and plural marks (un corps de troupe/un corps de troupes, des essuie-glace/des essuie-glaces). Whatever may be the best way to correct such contradictions — admission of variants or normalization — it is urgent that dictionaries be coherent.

Published online: 01 January 1988
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.12.2.03mat

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