Course Name  : Lexicology & Lexicography

Recommended Textbooks:

1. Sterkenburg, P. G. J. van (ed). 2003. A Practical Guide to Lexicography. Amsterdam: John Benjamins

2. Bauer, Laurie. 1983. English Word-Formation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

3. Crystal, David. 2003. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language 2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

4. Hendrickson, Robert. 2000. Word and Phrase Origin. New York: Checkmark Books.

 

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Main Topics:

1. The basic concepts of lexicology and lexicography

2. Etymology

• The origin of English Words

• Semantic Change

• PowerPoint Presentation File #1

3. English Word Formation

• Compounding

• Prefixation

• Suffixation

• Conversion

• Clipping

• Blends

• Backformation

• Acronyms

• Onomatopoeia

• Eponyms

• Toponyms

• PowerPoint Presentation File #2

4. The Dictionary: Definition and History

• Criteria of a Dictionary

• Brief History of Dictionaries

• PowerPoint Presentation File #3

5. Dictionary Typologies

• Linguistic dictionaries vs. Encyclopedias

• Types of Linguistic Dictionaries

• Restricted Dictionaries

• PowerPoint Presentation File #4

6. Phonological, morphological, and syntactic specifications in monolingual dictionaries

• PowerPoint Presentation File #5

7. Design and Production of Bilingual Dictionaries

8. Design and Production of Monolingual Dictionaries

 

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