L’observation de mots nouveaux en espagnol et en catalan au cours de deux décennies : l’observatori de neologia de l’iuLa

The Observatori de Neologia was created by Maria Teresa Cabré in 1989. Its task is to collect and analyse new words in Spanish and Catalan disseminated by mainstreammedia. The articles describes how the corpora is analysed and the methods used have evolved over the years, from the linguistic viewpoint (exclusion corpus, means of systematic coverage), and the material viewpoint (storage systems, automatic detection of new words, etc.). The article proper concludes on the reasons which prompted this enterprise, which go well beyond the scope of language planning. The annexes present the members of the team and a comprehensive list of the publications on neology issued since 1995, and the resources developed and made available on the Observatori website.