On the Need for Linguistic and Lexical Sensibility in Social Sciences
On the Need for Linguistic and Lexical Sensibility in Social Sciences

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses the aspect of lexical choices that social scientists make at different stages of their research, especially when conducting studies in a language that has never been considered “of science”. It also refers to researchers’ responsibility when using certain terms in public communication. Drawing on the author’s research on singlehood, a comparison between the topic-specific terms in four languages is presented. It is argued that researchers who develop their linguistic and lexical sensibilities can understand better the relationships between social changes, public discourses and semantic developments.

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