anecdotesanasta
Anecdotesanasta is a term used in linguistics and lexicography to describe a curated collection of short, anecdotal narratives that illustrate how words and phrases are used in everyday speech. The name blends the English word 'anecdotes' with the Finnish 'sanasta' (from the word) to emphasize data drawn from real language use. In practice, an anecdotesanasta serves as a source of exemplars rather than a formal grammar or dictionary.
Entries typically consist of: the target word; a brief anecdotal text (usually 10–60 words) showing usage; linguistic
Collection methods include interviews, language journals, recorded conversations, and permitted quotations from media; emphasis on consent
Uses include lexicography for sense documentation, language pedagogy, sociolinguistic analysis, and training data for natural-language processing.
Limitations and status: anecdotal bias and non-representativeness; lack of universal standards; as of the mid-2020s, more
See also: anecdotal corpora, lexical exemplars, language diaries, corpus linguistics.