October
26: |
Introduction |
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READING:
Baugh, A.C./ Cable, Th. 1993. A
History Of
The English Language. 4th
edition. London: Routledge
[paragraphs
152-171] |
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November
2 |
The
history of English lexicography I |
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READING:
Baugh, A.C./ Cable, Th. 1993.
A
History Of
The English Language. 4th
edition. London: Routledge
[paragraphs
186-197 and 233-234 |
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[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]
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November 9
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The
history of English lexicography II |
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READING:
None |
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November 16 |
General-purpose dictionaries
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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 |
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WORKSHEET
I (to be handed in) |
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November 23 |
Foreign-learner's dictionaries |
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READING:
Landau, Sidney I. 1984. Dictionaries:
The Art And Craft
Of Lexicography.
New
York: Scribner's, pp. 76-119
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WORKSHEET
II (to be handed in) |
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November 30
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Etymological
dictionaries
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READING:
Gilman, E. Ward (ed.). 1989. Webster's
Dictionary Of English
Usage.
Springfield
(Mass.): Merriam-Webster, pp. 7a-11a
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WORKSHEET
III (to be handed in) |
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December
7
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Usage
dictionaries
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READING:
Pinker, Stephen. 1994. The
Language Instinct. How the mind
creates language. New
York NY: Morrow [Chapter 12] |
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WORKSHEET
IV (to be handed in)
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December
14 |
Pronouncing
dictionaries |
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READING:
Jones,
Daniel. (1917). English pronouncing dictionary. 15th edition, edited by Peter Roach & James Hartman.
1997. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp.iv-xv
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Wells, J. C. 1990. Longman
Pronunciation Dictionary. London:
Longman, pp.
X-XXIII [= Introduction] |
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Kenyon, John S./ Knott, Thomas A. (1944). A Pronouncing
Dictionary Of
American English.
Springfield
(Mass.): Merriam, Introduction: §§ l+2, §§
76-78, §§ 90-119
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WORKSHEET
V (to be handed in)
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January
4
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Idiom
dictionaries
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READING:
Fernando, Ch./Flavell, R. 1981. On
Idiom: Critical Views And Perspectives. (Exeter
Linguistic Studies, 5). Exeter:
University of Exeter, pp.18-48
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WORKSHEET
VI (to be handed in)
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January
11
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Slang dictionaries
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READING:
Random House Historical
Dictionary of American Slang. 1994. Edited by J. E. Lighter. Vol. 1. New York: Random House, pp. xi- xxxix
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WORKSHEET
VII (to be handed in)
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January 18
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Electronic
dictionaries I
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OED2 on CD-ROM,
NSOED on CD-ROM |
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January
25
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Electronic dictionaries II
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COD9 on CD-ROM, OALD5 on
CD-ROM / The American Heritage3 on CD-ROM, Merriam Webster´s10 on CD-ROM
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February
1
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Online Dictionaries
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February
8
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Encyclopedias
on CD-ROM/Online
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February
15
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Wrap-up
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