Lexicom 2010

Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing

hosted by Trojina, Institute for Applied Slovene Studies and the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 7th-11th 2010

Led by Adam Kilgarriff and Michael Rundell of the Lexicography MasterClass and Simon Krek of the Slovene Lexical Database Project: Lexicom is an intensive one-week workshop, where seminars on theoretical issues alternate with practical sessions at the computer, working in small groups and individually.

Fees and registration

Standard rate€1080
Student rate€540

A further 50% discount is applicable to all rates to people living in any of the countries listed here

The Workshop fee covers:
  • Tuition
  • One copy of Lexicom 2010 course handbook
  • One year's free subscription to the Sketch Engine
  • Teas and Coffees
  • Lunches
  • the Course Dinner
The fee does not include accommodation.

Registration form

Topics

  1. designing and building text corpora
  2. software for analyzing corpus data
  3. installing corpora into the Sketch Engine and building word sketches
  4. designing and using dictionary databases
  5. corpus analysis: discovering word senses, recording contextual information
  6. writing entries for dictionaries & lexicons

For part of the week we shall be in two streams, one for lexicography and the other for lexical computing.

Who the course is for

The workshop is suitable for people with a background in one or more of the following:

  • lexicography
  • linguistics
  • computational linguistics
  • computer support for dictionary projects
  • translation
  • terminology

Venue, Travel, Accommodation

You can find more information about venue, travel and accommodation at www.trojina.si/lexicom2010