Diminuer les fluctuations du sentiment néologique

The experiment reported here aims at identifying the reasons for differing decisions in identifying and analysing neologisms in a finite press corpus in view to improving reliability. it follows on from two previous experiments carried out in differing conditions and with divergent aims. The participants first manually extracted neologisms from a corpus of french press articles. they then discussed and corrected their initial findings. After this, they submitted a list of neologisms extracted and indicated to which matrix each neologism could be attributed. the proportion of agreement among the participants on the neologisms extracted was then counted on a scale ranging from complete agreement to none at all.asecond tally was made of the matrix behind the new word. it appeared that certain participants favoured certain matrices over others, and a rating of matrices in relation to the proportion of agreement or disagreement they attracted was also calculated. this analysis shed light on a number of theoretical points and formed the basis for a more harmonised approach. the main conclusions have been incorporated into a set of guidelines used internally and to be reported on in future conferences.