[Lexicog] problems in lexicography

[Ron Moe]

Dear Catherine,

 

I would recommend that you use the Dictionary Development Process (DDP)
method of collecting words. You can download the materials from the DDP
website:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.sil.org/computing/ddp/index.htm"http://www.sil.org/computing/ddp
/index.htm

The materials are free. You can collect just those words that are relevant
for your study or collect a large percentage of the vocabulary of Bicol,
depending on your resources and purpose. The DDP method is essentially to
use the mental network of native speakers to think through the words used to
talk about a particular subject. As words come to mind, you write them down.

 

You should use this method in conjunction with the text corpus method. The
text corpus method will enable you to extract a large number of words that
are used in the texts. Other words that are used to talk about the subject
may not show up in the text corpus. These other words can be collected using
the DDP method.

 

Ron Moe

 

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[mailto:lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of catherine_rodil
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:39 PM
To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Lexicog] problems in lexicography

 

Hi! I just want to seek help about my research study. I'm planning to 
start my thesis this coming december but the problem is that I do not 
know how to produce a trilingual vocabulary of terms in one of the 
Filipino dialects. My research title is "An English-Tagalog--Bicol 
Vocabulary of Terms in Copra Production" Will it be possible to come 
up with a vocabulary of terms in that industry? What could be the 
methods in lexicography that I have to use? Will it be possible to 
finish my corpus collection and analysis within 4 months? How do I use 
the shoebox tool? Thanks a lot for your help.

 


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