Course Schedule, spring 2012
English Lexicography and Lexicology, year 1, English Philology students
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Date
W 1 Feb 9
Course content
Intro to the module: aims,
Seminar 1
structure, assessment scheme.
Macro- and microstructure of a dictionary
Introduction to basic terminology and
Lexicography
symbols in dictionaries (entry, definition,
labels etc.)
Lecture 1
Home task: describe the macro- and
Aims and principles of
microstructure of your dictionary
lexicography
Early English dictionaries
(before 1750s)
No class. Independence Day
W 2 Feb 16
W 3 Feb 23 Lecture 2
Samuel Johnson’s dictionary
The beginning of OED
W 4 March Lecture 3
American English dictionaries
1
(Noah Webster)
W 5 March Lecture 4
Types of dictionaries
8
Current practice in lexicography
Seminar 2
ELT dictionaries: coverage, defining
vocabulary, language use and grammar.
Home task: write 150-200 words
discussing specific features of any ELT
dictionary
Seminar 3
ELT dictionary vs. general dictionary
(OED, Webster)
Comparing different ELT dictionaries
Home task: choose one word and compare
its entries in two different dictionaries; be
ready to present your findings in class
Seminar 4
Dictionaries of synonyms/antonyms,
Roget’s Thesaurus,
Dictionaries of special terminology,
dictionary vs. encyclopaedia
Home task: revise for the test
W 6 March Lexicology
15
Lecture 1
Intro to the course: aims, general
requirements and deadlines.
What is lexicology? Basic units,
main branches, systemic nature
of the English vocabulary etc.
W 7 March Lecture 2
22
Intro to lexical semantics: main
concepts. Language as a
communication system. Triangle
of signification. Meaning,
Lexicography: test
The test consists of open-ended questions
from the lectures and seminars, e.g. What
was Noah Webster’s contribution to
lexicography? Discuss at least three
points.
Seminar 1
The word and the morpheme
reference, denotation etc.
W 8 March Lecture 3
29
Types of meaning: conceptual,
denotative, referential,
connotative, stylistic, affective
etc. Motivation of meaning.
Seminar 2
Morphological structure of the English
Word. Methods of analysis. Structural
types of words
No class. Easter Holidays
W 9 Apr 5
W
10
Apr 12 Lecture 4
W
11
Apr 19 Lecture 5
W
12
Apr 26 Lecture 6
W
13
May 3 Lecture 7
W
14
May 10 Lecture 8
W
15
May 17 Lexicology examination
W
16
May 24 Feedback on the results (optional)
Semantic structure of the English
word. Polysemy.
Seminar 3
Word derivation as a major type of word
building in English
Lexicology: mid-term test.
Change of meaning
Syntagmatic characterisation of
the English vocabulary.
Combinability at the semantic
and syntactic level.
Paradigmatic characterisation of
the English vocabulary.
Inclusion: hyponymy,
meronymy, synonymy.
Exclusion: opposition
Paradigmatic characterisation of
the English vocabulary:
homonymy
Seminar 4
Conversion and related processes
Seminar 5
Word composition
Seminar 6
Word composition (cntd). Minor ways of
word building Revision. Summing up