Presenting a digital dictionary of poetic neologisms and its pedagogical implications

This paper discusses the pedagogical elements that can be obtained from the use of a digital dictionary with poetic neologisms. Creating and using a specialized dictionary – which is specifically based on literature – is an interesting aspect of lexicography; in the pedagogical process, at any level of education, the students approach literature through language and language through literature. In particular, following the principles for the creation of a specialized dictionary for poetic neologisms, a case study is presented concerning the compound words of Kazantzakis’ epic poem, Odys(s)ey (Οδύσεια, 1938).