LING2023 Dictionaries and Dictionary-Making
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Language Studies |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Linguistics |
| Offered in | Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Types of dictionaries and their purposes. Issues in the creation and organisation of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. How dictionary entries (especially definitions) should be structured. How new technologies affect the compilation, form, and use of dictionaries. What is a lexical item? The conflicting views of lexicographers and linguists. The relation between lexicon and grammar. The study of particular semantic fields. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Essay (40%), 3 assignments (30%) and 5 abstracts (30%). |
| Workload |
2 hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial per week |
| Areas of Interest | Linguistics and Applied Linguistics |
| Requisite Statement |
12 units (two courses with a LING prefix) or permission of the Convener of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. |
| Majors/Specialisations | Applied Linguistics and Linguistics |
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