COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEXICOLOGY STUDIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5087 LEXICOLOGY STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to provide the student with basic knowledge about lexicography and to enable him/her to estimate the quality of dictionaries. Furthermore, it is the aim of the course to allow the student to gain knowledge on the usage of dictionaries. In this respect, the student will be informed of theoretical and practical issues in lexicography.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To list and define theoretical knowledge on lexicography
2   To obtain literature for the compilation of a dictionary
3   To compile a dictionary working in a group
4   To study and analyse the structure of a dictionary
5   To identify the quality of a dictionary

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relation between lexicology and lexicography What is lexicography
2 A brief history of the discipline
3 What is a dictionary Classification of dictionaries
4 Dictionary typology Types of dictionaries
5 Monolingual and multilingual dictionaries
6 Alphebetically ordered dictionaries
7 Dictionaries according to structure and typology
8 Midterm
9 Dictionary structure The general structure of dictionaries
10 The internal & external structure of dictionaries
11 Exercise 1 Identifying the characteristics and the quality of dictionaries
12 Exercise 2 Dictionary compilation
13 Exercise 3 Dictionary compilation
14 A brief history of the discipline

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Aksan, Doğan (1990) Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim 3. Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu, Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları: 439/3. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.
2. Fontenelle, Thierry (2008) Practical Lexicography: a Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. Hartmann, Reinhard (2001) Teaching and Researching Lexicography (Applied Linguistics in Action). Pearson ESL.
4. Landau, Sidney (1989) Dictionaries: the Art and Craft of Lexicography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Svensén, Bo (2009) A Handbook of Lexicography: the Theory and Practice of Dictionary-Making. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation on the subject
2. Narration/debate by examples
3. Question & Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The evaluation will be held by the articles which are going to be prepared for midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 80% attendance to the courses is compulsory.
2. Attendance to the midterm, assignments and final exams will be taken into consideration in evaluation.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in midterm, assignments and final exams will be graded as "0" (zero)

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kamil.iseri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday
10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing presentations 2 25 50
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1533
LO.2533
LO.3533
LO.4533
LO.5532