239342 Lexicology and Lexicography (S) (WiSe 2011/2012)

Almost everything we do with language is related in some way or another to words, and 'Lexicology' can be paraphrased as 'the linguistic study of words'. However, as we will see in this class, the vagueness of the term 'word' as well as linguistic solutions to this problem need to be discussed first before we can continue to discover the importance of morphological complexity and the relevance of idiomatic expressions. Thus, we will see subsequently how the lexical dimension of language relates to other subfields of linguistics, such as phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics, language acquisition, language change and language variation and how the findings of lexicology can be and have been useful for the art of dictionary making, i.e. lexicography.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

BaAngBM2 completed!

Literaturangaben

A reader with the required reading assignments for each session will be made available before start of term. Please make sure to get your personal copy before our first meeting.