This course will deal with a variety of topics in lexicology and
lexicography.  The focus of the course will be on the process of
standardization of languages to which the preparation of dictionaries
is a central contribution.  An important aspect of the course will be
hand-on experience in the use of computer technology for various
lexicological and lexicographic tasks, for example, the compilation
of databases, the use of optical scanner, the preparation of
concordance, and automatic text analysis.

1..  The identification and classification of words

2.  Semantic relations;  problems of synonymy and polysemy

3.  Metonymy, metaphor and deep-level naming structures

4.  History of lexicography

5.  Etymology, with stress on structural etymology

6.  Bilingual lexicography

7.  Gathering data for dictionary compilation

8.  Writing dictionary definitions

9.  Sociolinguistic and language planning issues in lexical
development; purism and normative institutions

Pre-requisites:
Introductory course in general linguistics

Basic Textbook: Sydney Landau, Dictionaries: the Art and Craft of
Lexicography.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University  Press. 1993.

Additonal readings in monographs and articles;  consultation of
varioustypes of dictionaries.