El léxico de especialidad en el siglo XIXel "Manual de meteorología popular" de Gumersindo Vicuña (Madrid, 1880)
ISSN: 0212-7636, 2171-6692
Year of publication: 2008
Issue: 22
Pages: 91-110
Type: Article
More publications in: ELUA: Estudios de Lingüística. Universidad de Alicante
Abstract
This work studies the scientific vocabulary included in Gumersindo Vicuña's Manual de Meteorología popular (Madrid, 1880). In particular, the paper focuses on its description and analysis in Vicuña's treatise and also examines how the Real Academia Española deals with this kind of lexicón in its Dictionary, after presenting briefly the status of the science in Spain during the second half of the 19th Century, in constant improvement thanks to the establishment of several Science Faculties (Facultades de Ciencias) and the foundation of the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (1847), the Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (1857) and the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (1861). Finally, the scientific voices found at the treatise are listed together with their correspondent meanings.