[Lexicog] Newbie

[Heather Souter]

Taanshi, hello!

What a great post!  I really wanted to know similar info but just never
asked.  Thank-you both for posting to the list!

Here is an additional question for Ron Moe (and/or any others who would like
to respond), if you were to list some of the top online dictionaries for
minority languages, what would they be?  I am especially interested if there
are any good models that are not only sound from a linguistic and archival
perspective but also for community participation in creation and end use.

If this is a touchy subject for any reason, please feel free to contact me
in a private email.  Thanks!

Eekoshi pitamaa.  That is it for now!
Heather
Metis, emerging Michif-speaker, Community Linguist and Grad Student

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Ronald Moe <ron_moe at sil.org> wrote:

>    Dear "Newbie"
>
> As far as I know there are no online classes in lexicography. I teach
> lexicography workshops and have a full set of PowerPoint presentations to go
> with each lecture. The problem is that there is no script to go with them. I
> am going to be working over the next few weeks/months to write out the
> script for each lecture. I could send them to you as I complete them.
>
> The best background for a lexicographer is a degree in linguistics. You
> would need a good all-round program with courses in phonetics, phonology,
> morphology, syntax, discourse grammar, socio-linguistics, historical
> linguistics, and semantics. Lexicography draws on all of the sub-fields of
> linguistics. You should concentrate on semantics and anything you can get on
> corpus studies.
>
> The other thing you can do is to read books on lexicography. I would start
> with the following:
>
> Atkins, B. T. Sue, and Michael Rundell. 2008. The Oxford guide to practical
> lexicography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
>
> Fontenelle, Thierry. 2008. Practical lexicography: a reader. Oxford: Oxford
> University Press.
>
> Goddard, Cliff. 1998. Semantic analysis: a practical introduction. Oxford:
> Oxford University Press.
>
> If you are interested in minority languages, you will also need a slightly
> different perspective. A good perspective would be:
>
> Newell, Leonard E. 1995. Handbook on lexicography for Philippine and other
> languages. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
>
> The last thing I would recommend is that you start investigating words.
> There are online text corpuses (or more properly corpora) such as:
>
> http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx
>
> Perhaps someone else could recommend a better site.
>
> Ron Moe
>
>
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>
> Hello! I'm a new member of the group and I have a few questions about
> lexicography. I'm very interested in working as a lexicographer but I
> have no idea how to get started. It helps that I live in the same city
> where Merriam-Webster is based, but I have some general questions that
> I hope someone can help me out with.
>
> What are the general education requirements for a lexicographer? I have
> my Bachelor's in English, and also a teaching degree.
>
> Also, are there any good online classes in lexicography? There aren't
> any available at the school I go to.
>
> Thank you!
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