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Contents: A. LEXICOLOGY B. WORD FORMATION C. LEXICOGRAPHY D. TERMINOLOGY/TERMINOGRAPHY A.

LEXICOLOGY

1. BASIC NOTIONS References: 1. Jackson & Amvela (2000): 1-20; 161-185 2. Svensen, B. (1990):1-2, 3. Zgusta, L. 1971, 4. Bratani, M. 1989 Topics: Introduction to Lexicology, Lexicology Definitions, Structure of English Vocabulary Lexicology vs lexicography lexicology vs. semantics (branches of linguistics): lexical form lexical item & meaning semantics: lexical semantics pragmatic semantics lexicography: art of dictionary making; linguistic discipline vs. profes sion lexicography vs terminology terminology vs terminography

2. KEY ISSUES References: 1. Carter, R. (1998):1-14 (Whats in a word) 2. Jackson, H. (2000): 48-68 (The Word) 3. Crystal, D. ( 1995): 118-9 (The nature of the lexicon) a. definition of a WORD What is a Word, Word vs. Lexeme, Grammar and Lexical Words (orthographic, minimu m meaningful unit, stress, forms of words) lexicological metalanguage: word-forms, lexemes, lexical units, mwlu, entry b. lexemes & words lexeme as an abstract unit word form lexeme and polysemy lexicological metalanguage: word-forms, lexemes, lexical units, mwlu, en

try c. d. e. f. revised lexical 1.7 3. con grammatical vs. lexical words: lexical words: open & closed classes morphemes: free & bound; morphology of the English language word production & creativity word formation: inflection, derivation, conversion, compounding collocation phrases metaphor, etc. multiple meanings and lexical relations polysemy antonymy homonyms, homophones, homographs definition of a word - lexicological metalanguage: word-forms, lexemes, units, mwlu, entry The structure of the lexicon: introduction (Lipka 2002: 148-186) ORIGIN OF ENGLISH WORDS etymology, lexical borrowing, adding to the lexi

References.: 1. Jackson, 2. Crystal, 3. Hatch, E 1. EWD, Umbach

H. (2000): 21-47 (Where do English words come from?) D. (1995): 135-155 (Etymology) & Brown, C. (1995) Part 8 Adding to the lexicon, 170-187 (WNW), Barnhardt (World Book Dictionary.)

1. Origin of English Vocabulary, History of Vocabulary Development, Native Vocabulary vs. Loan Vocabulary, Current Situation 2. Origins 3. Borrowed words - Old Norse / Danish, Norman Conquest 1066 Middle. French, Classical Revival - Mod. E. (combining words of Lat/Gr origin) - New World (Spanish, Indian languages) - Dutch, Spanish, Italian, 2nd World War - Other (Mod. French, German, Spanish, Swedish), exotic lang. - Intermediary languages 4. Making new words : Motivated words, Compounding, Derivation, Conversion, Blending, Clipping, Back formation , Acronyms 5. Etymology proper in dictionary entries 6. Etymlogical Issues in dictionaries (EWD) 7. Method of presentation word origin indicators; etymology in the entry ( (Barnhardt, Umbach/WNW) 8. Nature definition issues : arguing etymologically (Crystal) 9. Neologistic compounds (Lat & Gr in Mod. E) Orwell Newspeak 10. Semantic change: (other than: euphemism, clich, figurative language) extension / genaralisation narrowing / specialisation amelioration pejoration / deterioration 11. Folk etymology 4. WORDS AND MEANING

References: 1. 2. 3. Jackson (2001): 86-100 Meaning in dictionaries Carter (1998): 15-18 Referential meaning; Componential analysis Lyons, J. ( 1977): 174-229 (Reference, sense and denotation)

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Lyons, J. (1979): 75 89 (The Lexicon) Palmer, F.R, (1981) Semantics Cruse, D. (1986) Lexical Semantics referential meaning componential analysis denotative vs. connotative meaning semantic relations LEXICAL RELATIONS / STRUCTURAL SEMANTICS

References: 1. Carter 1998: 19-28; (Structural semantics: Words and other words) 2. Jackson 2000: 91-117; - (Meaning Relations) 3. Crystal 1995: 164-8; (Sense relations: synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, incompatibles; parts and wholes, series, hierarchies) 5. Lyons 1977: 270-316 (Structural semantics II sense relations) 6. Hatch, E. 1995, 64- 83 (Relational models in semantics) The structure of the lexicon: (Lipka 2002: 148-186) Word, Meaning, Sense, Semantic Triangle, Types of Meaning, Monosemy, Polysemy, W ords in Relations Synonymy antonymy (complementarity, converseness, incompatibility) (hyponyms vs. supernyms, lexical taxonomies) 6. Ref.: 1. Carter, R. 1998: 50-78 (Words and patterns) 2. Jackson, H. 1987: 79.95 (Meaning from Combinations) 3. Crystal, D. 1995: 160 164 (Lexical Structure) 8-186) 7. The Lexicon, Lexicon Organization (The structure of the lexicon: (Lipka 2002: 14 collocations lexical sets & fields patterns, ranges, restrictions idioms fixed expressions The Function of Words - LEXIS AND DISCOURSE Words in Use WORD PATTERNS , Word Combinations

References: Carter, R. 1998: 79-114 Jackson (2000) 118-142 Singleton 2000) Crystal, D. (1995) : 171 - 177 lexical cohesion anaphoric nounns lexis and coherence lexis and genre lexical dimensions (connotation, taboo, swearing, jargon, political corr ectness co-text, context and the mental lexicon; resolution of polysemy, semanti c decomposition, , cognitive linguistics and experience (categorization and psyc hology; frames, scripts and events)

8.

CORE VOCABULARY

References: Carter, R. 1998: 34-46 (Core Vocabulary); Carter, R. 1998: 236-238 (Core Vocabulary and language study: back to the core) Carter, R. 1998: 275-279 (Case study 9.4) www 9. LEXIS AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

References: Carter, R. 1998: 184-238 (Learning and teaching vocabulary) Hatch, E. 1995: 376-400 www (Nation 1994, 2000) 10. childs acquisition of vocabulary concrete-abstract progression, generalizations what is a difficult word? The Birkbeck Vocabulary Project Word lists Words in context Word sets and grids Vocabulary for advanced learners Cloze and its uses NAMES

References: Hatch, E. 1995: 170- 185 Crystal, D. 1995: 140-155 (Names) (a) (b) (c) 11. place names UK / US (New World), streets personal names: surnames, first names, nicknames, pseudonyms object names THE VOCABULARY OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS AND SPEECH ACTS

References Hatch, E. 1995: 329-362 Communication signals (Open/close signals, back-channel signals, turn-ta king signals, acoustically adequate and interpretable messages, non-participant constraints, Gricean norms, framing or bracket signals The lexicon of speech acts and speech events 12. LEXICON OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

References: Hatch, E. (1995): 86-114 figurative language Idioms, Proverbs, Clichs metaphor as a universal process literary and conceptual metaphor social models of metaphor, etc.

B.

WORD FORMATION

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Root, stem, base, Morpheme, Morph, Allomorph, inflection, derivation: affixation conversion, Compounding (Compound Lexemes, Class Maintaining and Class Changing Compounds, C Nouns, Compound Verbs) Adjectives, Compound Adverbs, Rhyme, Neo-Classical Compounds Prefixation Suffixation Conversion, infixes Clipping Blends Backformation Acronyms Onomatopoeia Eponyms Toponyms Word creation, Fixed Expressions,

References: Quirk et al. (1995) A Grammar of Contemporary English, London: Arnold Hatch, E. (1995): 189-209 (Processes in word building) Lipka 1994

C. 1.

LEXICOGRAPHY LEXICOGRAPHY BASIC PRINCIPLES

References: Landau (2001): What is a dictionary? 1-6 Sterkenburg (2003) 3-17 Jackson (2001) 21-30 Carter, R. (1998): 150-177 (Lexis and lexicography) lexis and lexicography dictionary and encyclopaedia dictionary information categories (formal/morphological, syntagmatic/com binational, semantic, encyclopedic, pragmatic) dictionary structure / organisation 2. LINGUSTIC THEORY AND LEXICOGRAPHY References: Atkins-Rundell 2008 (130-159) Bejoint 2000 (169-208) Sense relationships: similarities and differences Frame semantics Lexicographic relevance 3. HISTORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY

References:

Jackson, H. (2000): 79-95 (Why dictionaries?) Landau (2001): 43-97 (A brief history of English lexicography) Bejoint (2000) 42-106 before Johnson Samuel Johnson The New English Dictionary (OED, W3) The lexicographical scene of English-speaking countries

4. KEY ELEMENTS OF DICTIONARIES PLANNING THE DICTIONARY References: Landau (2001): 98-258) Atkins-Rundell 2008 (17-44) 5. Types of lexical item Constituent parts of a dictionary Building the headword list organizing the headword list types of entry information in the entry the entry structure THE DICTIONARY AND DICTIONARY USERS

References: Atkins-Rundell 2008 (17-44) Svensen, B. (1993) : 9-39 Bogaards (in Sterkenburg 2003) 26-33 Jackson, H. (2001): (74-85) 6. users demands user-friendliness types of dictionary user tailoring the entry to the users needs TYPES OF DICTIONARIES

References: Svensen, B. (1993) : 9-39 Atkins-Rundell 2008 (17-44) http://www.ciil-ebooks.net/html/lexico/link5.htm General-purpose vs. specialist dictionary Monolingual vs bilingual vs multilingual (erba: the four types of dictiona ries) alphabetical vs. non-alphabetical user demands & expectations users competence (for using the dictionary) criteria/dimensions in dictionary typology: prescriptive vs. descriptive , synchronic vs. diacronic, mono- vs. bilingual, general vs. technical, learners, size (pocket, collegiate, desk, W3, OED, special etc. Learners dictionary 7. USAGE : PRAGMATIC INFORMATION IN DICTIONARIES

References: Landau (2001) 217-272)102-113 Burkhanov (in Sterkenburg 2003) Svensen, B. (1993) : 181-188; 163-166; 167-180; 194-188

Jackson, H. (1987): 152-156 implicit & explicit pragmatic information subject field, register, mode, tenor examples explanations encyclopaedic information illustrations, etc. cross-references labels etc.

8. COMPILING THE ENTRY References: Atkins-Rundell 2008 (383-513) Landau (2001): Definition (153-216) Geeraerts (in Sterkenburg 2003) 83-93 Svensen, B. (1993) : 112-139 Jackson, H. (2001): 126-141 Carter, R. (1998): 152-154 Monolingual entry Bilingual entry Translation equivalents Lexicographic definition Logical, scientific, lexicographic definition establishing separate meanings methods of defining paraphrases true definitions supports for definition defining vocabulary

9. ANALYSING LEXICOGRAPHIC DATA References: Atkins-Rundell 2008 (261-382) 10. Building the databases word senses the lexical unit HEADWORDS

References: Svensen, B. (1993) : 64-68; 200-209 OALD, LDOCE, COBUILD, CIDE, W3, WNW, RH, OED 11. headword vs. dictionary entry, homographs headword vs. entry (200-209) multi-word lexical units typographical form functions grammatical form special types of headwords PHONOLOGICAL AND GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION

References:

Svensen, B. (1993) : 74-97 (Inflection; Parts of Speech; Constructions) 12. TRANSLATION EQUIVALENTS IN BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES

References: Bejoint, Svensen, B. (1993) : 140-162 13. equivalence types of equivalence discrimination of meaning, format arrangement of meaning, etc. LEXICAL SETS & COLLOCATIONS & IDIOMS

References: Svensen, B. (1993) : 98-111 Carter, R. (1998): 50-78 lexical/semantic fields non-alphabetical dictionaries thematic lexicography (conceptual, thesauri, thematic, combinatorial)

14. DICTIONARY MAKING COLLECTION AND SELECTION OF MATERIAL THE CRAFT OF LEXI COGRAPHY References: Landau (2001) 343 401 Sinclair 1991 15. CORPUS LEXICOGRAPHY - DICTIONARY PROJECTS

References: Atkins-Rundell 2008 (45-129) Sterkenburg (2003) chapters: 4, 5, 6, 7 Biber etc. (2000) Sinclair (1991) Sterkenburg (2003) 16. DICTIONARIES IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE References: www Carter, R. (1998): 150-183 Svensen, B. (1993) : 250-271 machine-readable dictionaries on-line dictionaries lexical databases corpus linguistics and lexicographic corpora concordances lexical density lexical measurements collocational and semantic software, etc.

D. TERMINOLOGY/TERMINOGRAPHY References: Cabr, T. Sager, J. Rey, Mihaljevi, M. Bratani, M.

REFERENCES: Atkins, B.T.S.; Rundell, M. (2008) The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography. O xford UP Cabr, T. (1999) Terminology, Theory, methods and applications. John Benjamins Pub l. Carter (1998) Vocabulary, London: Routledge Jackson, H.& E. Z Amvela (2000) Words, Meaning and Vocabulary (An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology), Continuum, London Jackson, H. (2002) An Introduction to Lexicography, Routledge Landau, S. (2001) Dictionaries, The Art and Craft of Lexicography. Cambridge

FURTHER REFERENCES Bauer, L. (1983) English Word Formation. Cambridge UP Bjoint, H. (2004), Modern Lexicography: An Introduction (Paperback), Oxford Lingu istics Biber, D., Conrad, S. Reppen,. (2000) Corpus Linguistics, Cambridge UP Bratani, M. (1989) Rjenik i kultura, Zagreb, Filozofski fakultet Cruse, D. (1986) Lexical Semantics, CUP Crystal, D. (1995) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, CUP Hatch, E. (1995), Vocabulary, Semantics, and Language Education, CUP Hudeek, L. Mihaljevi, M. (2009) Hrvatski terminoloki prirunik, Institut za hrvatski jezik Jackson (1988) Words and their Meaning, London: Longman Mathews, P.H. (1993) Morphology. Cambridge UP Marello, C. (1989). Dizionari bilingui con schede sui dizionari italiani per fra ncese, inglese, spagnolo, tedesco. Bologna: Zanichelli Lipka, L. (2002) Lexicology, G. Narr verlag, Tuebingen Lyons, J. (1977) Semantics vol. I, II, CUP Palmer, F.R, (1981) Semantics, CUP Piotrowski, Tadeusz Problems in bilingual lexicography, Wrocaw 1994 citeseerx.ist .psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.122.3744... Quirk et al. (1995) A Grammar of Contemporary English, London: Arnold Sager, J. (1990) A Practical Course in Terminology Processing. John Benjamins Pu bl. Singleton, D. (2000) Language and the lexicon, Arnold Publ. Sterkenburg, van, P.(2003 Aguide to Lexicography. John Benjamins Publ. Svensen, B. (1993) Practical Lexicography, OUP Zgusta, L. (1971) Manual of Lexicography, The Hague, Mouton - English/American/Australian monolingual dictionaries - English-Croatian and Croatian-English dictionaries - INTERNET: web-sites on lexicology, lexicography, terminology, corpus linguisti cs and dictionaries - monolingual and bilingual dictionary corpora (BNC, HNK, LOB, etc.)

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