LEXICOGRAPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE - ENHANCEMENT

Course Information
TitleΛΕΞΙΚΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ: ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΗ - ΕΜΒΑΘΥΝΣΗ / LEXICOGRAPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE - ENHANCEMENT
Title in GermanLexikographie: Theorie und Praxis
CodeΑΚ0263-ΕΜ
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolGerman Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600024555

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)

Registered students: 14
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSEPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪSWinter-3

Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600276320
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΓΛΩ108 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
  • ΑΚ0263 LEXICOGRAPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE
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 international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • 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: Lexicography and Lexicology 2. Word: definition and types 3. Word and levels of linguistic analysis: morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics 4. Lexicography: a brief historical overview 5. Dictionary: definition and types 6. Electronic lexicography: principles, methods, and tools 7. Electronic lexicography: dictionary organization (microstructure - macrostructure) 8. From theory to practice. Neology, neologisms, and the life cycle of words 9. Lexicography and translation: bilingual, multilingual, and bilingualized dictionaries and lexical databases - Pedagogical lexicography - Dialectal lexicography and dialect dictionaries 10. Metalexicography: research in lexicography. Dictionary criticism 11. Lexicography and standardization 12. 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). 13. Presentation of students' porjects.
Keywords
Lexicology, Lexicography, Meta-lexicography, Dictionary, microstructure, microstructure.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
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
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures30.1
Project471.9
Written assigments251
Total753
Student Assessment
Description
1. Critical literature review: 30%, 2. Research project and/or essay: 50%, 3. Oral presentation: 20%.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (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. 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, Volume 27, Issue 4, December 2014, Pages 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), (σσ. 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. σσ.323-338.
Last Update
10-09-2024