English and Gerneral Linguistics

SE WS 2000/2001

Technical University Berlin
[Technische Universität Berlin]
[Fakultät I - Geisteswissenschaften]
[Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation]
[English and General Linguistics]
[Staff Members]
[Courses since 1995: Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis]
[Virtual Classroom: WWW English Linguistics]
[Linguistic Resources: Important Websites for Linguists]
[Online Libraries]
[Linguistic Students' Websites]
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Computergestützte Lexikographie
    OUTLINE OF TOPICS
October 26: Introduction
READING:  Baugh, A.C./ Cable, Th. 1993.  A History Of The English Language. 4th edition.  London: Routledge [paragraphs 152-171]
November 2  The history of English lexicography I
READING:  Baugh, A.C./ Cable, Th. 1993.  A History Of The English Language. 4th edition.  London: Routledge [paragraphs 186-197 and 233-234

[OED] The Oxford English Dictionary. 1989. Second edition. Prepared by J.A.Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. Oxford: Clarendon Press (20 volumes)    [Vol.1 Introduction]

 

November 9 The history of English lexicography II
READING:  None
November 16

General-purpose dictionaries

READING:  Ilson, Robert. 1986.  "British and American lexicography." In: R.  Ilson (ed.). Lexicography.  An Emerging International Profession. (The    S.Fulbright Papers. Proceedings of Colloquia, 1).  Manchester: Manchester University Press,  pp. 51-71
WORKSHEET I (to be handed in)
November 23 Foreign-learner's dictionaries
READING:  Landau, Sidney I. 1984.  Dictionaries: The Art And Craft Of Lexicography. New York: Scribner's, pp. 76-119
WORKSHEET II (to be handed in)
November 30 Etymological dictionaries
READING:  Gilman, E. Ward (ed.). 1989.  Webster's Dictionary Of English Usage. Springfield (Mass.): Merriam-Webster, pp. 7a-11a
WORKSHEET III (to be handed in)
December 7 Usage dictionaries
READING:  Pinker, Stephen. 1994. The Language Instinct. How the mind    creates language. New York NY: Morrow [Chapter 12]
WORKSHEET IV (to be handed in)
December 14 Pronouncing dictionaries
READING:  Jones, Daniel. (1917). English pronouncing dictionary. 15th edition, edited by Peter Roach & James Hartman. 1997. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.iv-xv
Wells, J. C. 1990.  Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.  London: Longman, pp.  X-XXIII [= Introduction]
Kenyon, John S./ Knott, Thomas A. (1944).  A Pronouncing Dictionary Of  American English.  Springfield (Mass.): Merriam, Introduction: §§ l+2, §§ 76-78, §§ 90-119
WORKSHEET V (to be handed in)
January 4   Idiom dictionaries
READING:  Fernando, Ch./Flavell, R. 1981.  On Idiom: Critical Views And  Perspectives. (Exeter Linguistic Studies, 5).  Exeter: University of Exeter, pp.18-48
WORKSHEET VI (to be handed in)
January 11 Slang dictionaries
READING:  Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang.  1994. Edited by J. E. Lighter. Vol. 1. New York: Random House, pp. xi- xxxix
WORKSHEET VII (to be handed in)
January 18   Electronic dictionaries I
OED2 on CD-ROM, NSOED on CD-ROM
January 25  Electronic dictionaries II
COD9 on CD-ROM, OALD5 on CD-ROM / The American Heritage3 on CD-ROM, Merriam Webster´s10 on CD-ROM
February 1   Online Dictionaries
February 8 Encyclopedias on CD-ROM/Online
February 15   Wrap-up

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Prof. Dr. Peter Erdmann / Dr. See-Young Cho
Anglistische und Allgemeine Linguistik, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Fak I, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany