Webminar Schedule
10-12 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. on Mondays: 1/14/22, 1/21/22, and 2/4/22
1/14/22: Dictionary in its Social Setting, Lexicographic Teamwork, Lexical Selection
Lecture (10 a.m. - 12 noon):
From Society to Lexicography and Back: dictionaries in their social settings
The Compilers and the User: how to make it a two-way street
The Two Views: the development and the production
Lexicographic Teamwork: can too many cooks not spoil the broth
Lexicographic Planning: expecting to be late
Lexical Sources and Selection: the rejection rubric vs. the how-do-I & what-does-it qualifiers
Activities (1 - 2 p.m.):
Discussing prospective users
Designing user surveys
Determining roles in a collaborative project
Working on the project schedule
Verifying sources
Selecting and rejecting words from a list
1/21/22: Lexical Equivalence
Lecture (10 a.m. - 12 noon):
Lexical Equivalence: the missing, the too many, and the not exactly
Zero Equivalence: filling the gap
Multiple Equivalence: keeping them apart
Partial Equivalence: explaining the difference
Equivalency in the Database: one messy field vs. too many fields
Activities (1 - 2 p.m.):
Discussing the issues in establishing equivalence
Defining culture-bound words
Working with multiple equivalents
Signaling differences between the equivalents
Designing equivalent fields in the database
2/4/22: Dictionary/Database Macrostructure and Microstructure
Lecture (10 a.m. - 12 noon):
The Macrostructure: corralling the chaos with alphabetical and other orders
The Entry Word: the customer is always right
The Grammatical Group: pleasing linguists while not disturbing non-linguists
The Meaning and Etymology Group: untangling the cobweb
The Labels: sorting and qualifying
The Database: the stage and the backstage
Activities (1 - 2 p.m.):
Discussing the lists of words users may need
Determining what needs to be cross-referenced
Determining what forms should be headwords
Determining the level of grammatical information
Assigning various usage labels
Drafting full entries