El componente cultural en los diccionarios de ELE – análisis de los artículos gazpacho, sangría, bocadillo, paella, albergue y posada

Abstract

Dictionary is a didactic tool that seeks to incorporate the linguistic and extra linguistic aspects of a language (PORTO DAPENA, 2014). Among these aspects, it should be mentioned those related to the customs, history, curiosities and culture of a society (ATIENZA CEREZO, 2005; BLECUA PERDICES, 2016). We can say that a dictionary is a pedagogical tool that should mark this type of information necessary for the consultants, especially those directed to the teaching and learning of foreign users according to their needs (Maldonado, 2008). In this sense, this study focuses on analyzing six entries from the scope of Tourism extracted from Diccionario para la Enseñanza de la Lengua Española para Brasileños (SEÑAS, 2003), a lexicographic work of great diffusion in the teaching of ELE in Brazil (MOREIRA, 2013; SIMÃO, 2016) and the Diccionario de Español para Extranjeros.  We described the definitions and examples of use of the entries in order to find out whether they are informative or not, and if it is necessary to include other type of information and which one. The results show that it is imperative to elaborate an IT dictionary designed to Brazilian users and that encyclopedic and culture information is fundamental for this audience.