Admission requirements
Not applicable
Description
In this course, students are introduced to the field of lexicography with a focus on computational and corpus linguistic aspects in lexicography. Lexicography is concerned with the theory and practice of composing dictionaries.
The course discusses various computational tools lexicographers use whilst making a dictionary. In technologically advanced dictionary-making, lexicographers work with two main systems on their computer: the Corpus Query System for analysis and the Dictionary Writing System for synthesis. Both systems will be covered in this course.
This course also teaches students about theoretical and practical issues involved in compiling complex data sets for lexicographic purposes. Students will learn about corpus design and annotation, computational lexicons, semantic networks, etc. They will learn how to manipulate text using regular expressions and get a basic background in databases for lexicography.
We will illustrate the theory with practical activities such as compiling a corpus and preparing it for lexicographic use as well as using a dictionary writing system and a corpus query system.
Course objectives
By the end of the programme, students will have acquired knowledge on the following notions and subjects:
Computational lexicography
Dictionary Writing Sytems
Corpus linguistics
- History of corpus linguistics
- Corpus design Size, sampling, text type, genre, XML/TEI encoding, metadata
- Corpus analysis and annotation POS-tagging, tokenisation, lemmatisation, parsing, frequency lists
- Corpus Query Systems Concordance, collocations, word sketches
Computational lexicons
- Knowledge representation
- Inheritance
Perl/ Databases
- Regular expressions
- Simple Perl scripts
- Database structure for lexicography
Semantic Networks
- WordNet, FrameNet, semagram, ontology, taxonomy, hierarchy
- Semantic relations
Dictionary use
- Log files
- Forum
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Lectures and tutorials/practical sessions
Assessment method
Essay
Resit: students who fail the course may resit the final essay.
Blackboard
This course is supported by Blackboard. Blackboard will be used to provide students with an overview of current affairs, as well as specific information about (components of) the course. Please see:
Blackboard
Reading list
Text book:
Atkins and Rundell (2008) The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography. Oxford University Press. 540 pages. ISBN 978-0-19-927770-4 (Hardback). Price: £ 85.00 (Paperback £ 29.99).
The reading list will be distributed at the beginning of the course.
Registration
Prospective students, please check the Study Abroad/Exchange website for information on how to apply.
Aanmelden voor Contractonderwijs
Enrollment through uSis for the course and the examination or paper is mandatory.
Contact information
By E-mail: Coordinator of Studies