Course code
Lexicology and Lexicography
Course title
General Information
Program
Course status
Year
Core X
3rd
Elective
Credits and Teaching
Winter semester
ETCS credits / student workload
Hours/semester
Summer
semester
2
30
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give students a solid foundation course in English lexicology and
application of lexical semantics in practical lexicography. The course is dedicated to the
relation between the different theoretical approaches that dominated lexical research in the
course of the history of modern linguistics: the traditional approach, the structuralist
approach, the lexical semantics approach and cognitive semantics. Special focus will be
placed on the problem of the polysemy and the demarcation of semantic and encyclopaedic
knowledge, semantic relations, metaphor and figurative meaning. Special attention will be
given to some theoretical and practical issues in corpus lexicography.
Correspondence and correlation with the program
University of Birmingham, University of Ljubljana, University of Zagreb, University of
Budapest, University of Helsinki
Expected outcomes of the course and/or module (development of general
and specific competencies, knowledge and skills)
After completing the course, the students should master the terminology and concepts of the
field and be introduced to the art of dictionary making. They should also be capable of
reading scientific articles relating to lexicology and lexicography.
Course content
Lexicology vs semantics vs pragmatics vs lexicography
Elements of lexicology and lexical semantics: definition of the terms: word-forms, lexemes,
lexical units, mwlu, entry etc.; identification and classification of words issues in lexical
meaning (referential, collocational, connotative meaning; semantic change, etc.);
semantic relations: problems of synonymy and polysemy; antonymy, hyponymy
Metonymy, metaphor, lexical units of figurative speech
Syntagmatic relations: Multiple-word lexical units, collocations, phrases
Paradigmatic relations: semantic fields and lexical sets
Lexical elements of discourse, lexical signaling and speech acts
Some issues of structuralist morphology
Lexicology of names and the dictionary
Etymology and word formation;
History of lexicography & types of dictionaries
The dictionary user
Monolingual lexicography (word list, headwords, definition, phonological, grammatical and
pragmatic information)
1
Bilingual lexicography (entry, mwlu, translation equivalents)
Machine-readable dictionaries and elements of corpus lexicography
Gathering data for dictionary compilation
Dictionary definitions
Lexicographic projects
contrastive lexicology (English/Croatian); critical lexical analysis; vocabulary teaching.
Modes of instruction (mark in bold)
Lectures
Seminars and workshops
Exercises
Independent
work
Multimedia
and the
Internet
Tutorials
Field work
Distance
Consultations
Laboratory
learning
work
Comments: Presentation of seminar paper in the course of the term
Student requirements
Introductory course in general linguistics
Evaluation and Assessment
Mark in bold only the relevant categories and fill in the appropriate number of points for each of the chosen
categories so that the sum of the allocated points corresponds to the course credit value. Add new categories, if
necessary.
Class attendance
Class participation
Seminar paper
Experiment
Written exam
Oral exam
Essay
Research work
Project work
Continuous assessment
Presentation
Practical work
Final exam: extended essay on a topic connected with English/Croatian lexicology
Required literature
Bratanić, M. (1989) Rječnik i kultura, Zagreb, Filozofski fakultet
Carter (1998) Vocabulary, London: Routledge
Cruse, D. (1986) Lexical Semantics, CUP
Jackson, H. (2002) Lexicography, An Introduction, Routledge
Sydney Landau (2001) Dictionaries: the Art and Craft of
Lexicography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
INTERNET : web-sites on corpus linguistics and dictionaries
2
Recommended literature
Crystal, D. (1995) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, CUP
Hatch, E. (1995), Vocabulary, Semantics, and Language Education, CUP
Jackson (1988) Words and their Meaning, London: Longman
Lyons, J. (1977) Semantics vol. I, II, CUP
Palmer, F.R, (1981) Semantics, CUP
Pritchard, B. (1994) Jezične osobitosti leksikografske definicije. Filologija, 22-23, Zagreb,,
335-351
Quirk et al. (1995) A Grammar of Contemporary English, London: Arnold
Sterkenburg, P. van (ed) A Practical Guide to Lexicography. (2003) Amsterdam/Philadelphia,
John Benjamins Publ.
Svensen, B. (1993) Practical Lexicography, OUP
Zgusta, L. (1971) Manual of Lexicography, The Hague, Mouton
Quality assurance of course and/or module
3