[Lexicog] Lexicography Training in NYC

[Erin McKean]

As far as I know there is no formal lexicographical training in NYC.
(And if you haven't read Sidney Landau's book, Dictionaries: The Art and 
Craft of Lexicography, that is the best place to start.)

There are scattered classes available elsewhere: I am teaching a class 
at Northwestern University (in Evanston, IL) on dictionaries and 
lexicography this spring. There are also the Lexicom workshops (the next 
one is Brno, Czech Republic:     http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/lexicom2007), and 
there are occasionally classes in Georgia at UGA, by Bill Kretzschmar.

There is also the Dictionary Society of North America, which is having 
their biannual conference this year (June 12-16) at the University of 
Chicago (dsna-chicago.blogspot.com). If you are interested in 
dictionaries membership in the DSNA is a good idea, and very inexpensive 
(especially for students).

If there was enough interest in a one- or two-day introductory 
lexicography seminar in NYC I could probably put one together for the 
late summer or early fall.

The main problem, of course, in training in lexicography is that there 
are simply not very many jobs available, at least in the US!

Yours,

Erin McKean

Monica Ruck wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Enzo + LexicographyList,
>  
> I graduated in June with my Master of Library and Information Science 
> and am looking to branch out into the linguistics field as well. My 
> interests lean more towards computation linguistics with 
> hopes of someday working with/on CYC, WordNet, or similar knowledge 
> bases and ontologies. I've been looking locally (NYC) for MA programs, 
> user groups, etc. Feel free to contact me directly regarding any local 
> events.
>  
> Cheers!
> - Monica
> 
> */samnitebc <samnitebc at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
> 
>     Greetings!
> 
>     I'm a new member to this forum and wanted to say hello and ask for
>     some advice.
> 
>     I attend college in the evenings and recently changes my major from
>     English to Classical Stud ies for two reasons: First, I want to teach
>     and I felt Classical Studies would give me the necessary background to
>     become a well-rounded teacher. Second, taking the required Latin
>     courses would make me a better amateur lexicographer. For me, the joy
>     in lexicography is the defining. I derive a great deal of pleasure
>     from this and it's a great way of focusing one's mind.
> 
>     I would've loved to have majored in this field but and would've signed
>     up without a moment's hesitation. But, as I'm sure all of you are
>     aware of, no college or school that I know of teaches lexicography.
>     And the employment prospects are not the best--to put it mildly. So,
>     with that said, where can I go to be instructed in the art of
>     lexicography within the greater New York area?
> 
>     Are there clubs I can attend?
> 
>     Thanks in advance for all those who reply and have a good day.
> 
>     Enzo
> 
> 
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