LIN2690

Lexicography and corpus linguistics

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

Peter Paul

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton

Objectives To introduce students to practical and theoretical aspects of the recording of language, especially as they emerge in the interpretation of language corpora and in its compilation into dictionaries.

Synopsis This subject, which will be project-based, will critically survey, and attempt to apply, frameworks proposed in the current literature relevant to a subfield of linguistics suitable for computational treatment, that of modern lexicography and of corpus linguistics. The subject will draw on insights from linguistics, computer science and cognitive science.

Assessment Written assignments (4000 words): 90%
* Practical exercises and class participation: 10%

Prescribed texts

A reading list will be made available from the Linguistics department.