LEXICOGRAPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE
| Title | ΛΕΞΙΚΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ: ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΗ / LEXICOGRAPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE |
| Title in German | Lexikographie: Theorie und Praxis |
| Code | ΑΚ0263 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | German Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024554 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 36
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | EPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪS | Winter | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600276319
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600276319
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΓΛΩ108 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to:
- familiarize themselves with the basic concepts of lexicology with an emphasis on the notion of 'word', its definition (from a cross-linguistic perspective), and its study at various levels of linguistic analysis;
- learn about the types of dictionaries and their characteristics,
- get familiar with the basic lexicographic principles, as well as the methods and tools for creating dictionaries,
- understand the factors and criteria that shape the macrostructure and microstructure of a dictionary,
- be able to participate in the design of lexicographic specifications based on the intended dictionary users or uses,
- be able to participate in lexicographic projects linking theory with practice.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This is an introductory course to Lexicology and Lexicography (with special reference to Metalexicography). After a brief introduction to basic concepts, we will focus on (a) the definition of the word from a cross-linguistic perspective and (b) aspects of the analysis of 'word' at various levels of linguistic analysis (morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics). Subsequently, a brief overview of the history of lexicography and dictionaries follows, and a typology of dictionaries will be presented. The focus is on dictionary structure, with an emphasis on contemporary methods and tools needed for dictionary compilation (corpora, databases, dictionary management tools), and related standards. Special attention will be paid to dictionary specifications based on user requirements in settings such as translation, language teaching and learning, documentation of dialects and idiomaticity, and within the context of Language Technology. The emphasis is placed on theoretical, methodological and practical issues in lexicography and metalexicography. The course is organized as follows:
1. Introduction: word, lexicon, dictionary
2. Lexis at the level of morphology
3. Lexis and syntactic theory
4. Lexis and semantic theory
5. Dictionary: definition, history, typology
6. Electronic lexicography: principles, methods, and tools
7. Electronic lexicography: dictionary organization (microstructure - macrostructure)
8. From theory to practice. Specialized lexicography
9. From theory to practice. Lexicography and translation: bilingual, multilingual, and bilingualized dictionaries and lexical databases. Neology and lexicography. Pedagogical lexicography. Dialectal lexicography and dialect dictionaries
10. Metalexicography: research in lexicography. Dictionary criticism
11. Technology and Lexicography (Technology in the service of lexicography and terminography: from databases to ChatGPT vs Lexicography in the service of technology: computational lexicography and computational dictionaries).
12. Presentation of students' projects.
Keywords
Lexicology, Lexicography, Meta-lexicography, Dictionary, microstructure, microstructure.
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Laboratory Work | 32 | 1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 76 | 3.0 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Description
1. Active participation: 10% (Homework, reading questions)
2. Project and oral presentation: 30%
3. Exams: 60%
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Ξυδόπουλος, Γιώργος Ι. (2008) Λεξικολογία. Εισαγωγή στην ανάλυση της λέξης και του λεξικού. Εκδόσεις Πατάκη
Additional bibliography for study
Γιούλη Παρασκευή. (2024) Ηλεκτρονική Λεξικογραφία. Θεωρία και πρακτική. Σημειώσεις μαθήματος
Fuertes-Olivera, P., A. (2021) (Ed) The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography.
Cabré, M.T. (1999). Terminology. Theory, methods and applications. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Durkin, P. (ed.), (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography. Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199691630.001.0001.
Klosa, A. (2017). The lexicography of German. In: Hanks, P., de Schryver, GM. (eds) International Handbook of Modern Lexis and Lexicography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45369-4_40-2
Lew, R., de Schryver, G.-M. (2014) Dictionary Users in the Digital Revolution, In International Journal of Lexicography, 27(4), pp. 341–359, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecu011
Müller-Spitzer, C. (2014). Using Online Dictionaries. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Kallas, J., Koeva, S., Langemets, M., Tiberius, C., and Kosem, I., (2019) Lexicographic Practices in Europe: Results of the ELEXIS Survey on User Needs. In Proceedings of eLEX-2019
Kilgarriff, A., & Rundell, M. (2002). Lexical Profiling Software and its lexicographic applications: a case study. Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX 2002), pp. 807-818. København, Denmark.
Rundell, M. (2006). More than one way to skin a cat: why full-sentence definitions have not been universally adopted. Proceedings of the XII Euralex International Congress, 2006. Torino, Edizioni dell’Orso. pp.323-338.
Last Update
13-10-2025
