Conventional and Computer Lexicography

Course: «Applied (computer) Linguistics and English language»

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Conventional and Computer Lexicography
Code
ННД 08.11
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. To work with information effectively: to select necessary information from different sources, in particular from professional literature and electronic bases; to analyze and interpret it critically; to arrange it and make proper classification and systematization. PLO 7. To understand major problems of philology and approaches to their solution with the use of relevant methods, in particular, innovative interdisciplinary approaches of applied (computational) linguistics and information technologies; to explain their interrelation in the integrated system of interdisciplinary knowledge. PLO: 17, 19, 25.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful completion of courses: Introduction to Linguistics; Introduction to Computer Linguistics; complex discipline Theoretical Linguistics Object-oriented Programming. 2. Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of general linguistics, structural, mathematical, and computer linguistics, system organization of the modern Ukrainian language, lexical semantics, and information technologies; 3. Mastery of methods of semantic analysis of vocabulary; mathematical and computer modeling of linguistic phenomena; methods of designing, analyzing, and creating software products based on the use of object-oriented methodology; 4. Ability to design a conceptual data model of a specific subject area; use SQL and SparSQL; create software systems using databases.
Course content
The theoretical foundations and functions of modern traditional and computer lexicography, typology of dictionaries, the most important Ukrainian and foreign dictionaries, lexicographic Internet resources, and principles of organization of lexicographic products at the micro- and macro-level are considered within the discipline. Special attention is paid to methods of computer modeling of lexicographic information, and algorithmic description of the lexicographic model of the dictionary. The discipline involves students developing software for various lexicographic tasks aimed at converting a paper dictionary into a computer format or compiling an electronic dictionary.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, and laboratory classes, independent work. Types of work: Answer at the seminar session. Report-analysis of scientific literature and lexicographical sources. Control test with open answers. Lab. Presentation of the computer program.
Assessment methods and criteria
During the semester, after lectures on relevant topics, seminars, and laboratory classes are held, at which evaluations are carried out according to the types of work in the previous item. The semester final score is formed by the points received by the student in the process of performing the declared types and forms of education, and the points received on the exam, the maximum distribution is carried out according to the following algorithm: 60 points (60%) - semester control and 40 points (40%) - exam). The exam is conducted in the form of a written test with open answers to four questions, each of which is evaluated with a maximum of 10 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainіаn

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oksana Mykolajivna Zuban
Department of Ukrainian Language and Applied Linguistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ukrainian Language and Applied Linguistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology