Lexicom 2012 Europe

Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing
Galtür, Austria
September 24th-28th 2012

Lexicom is a five-day intensive workshop in lexicography and lexical computing created by the Lexicography MasterClass. You will learn how to create dictionaries and other lexical resources, from the preparation of corpora to the writing of entries. Seminars on theoretical issues alternate with practical sessions at the computer, working in small groups and individually. This is the workshop's eleventh year and we now have three hundred graduates, from all parts of the world: reviews of previous events can be found here.

It will be led by Adam Kilgarriff and MichaelRundell with local co-ordination by Eveline Wandl-Vogt of the Institut für Österreichische Dialekt- und Namenlexika.

Topics

  1. designing and building text corpora
  2. installing corpora into the Sketch Engine and building word sketches
  3. dictionary databases
  4. the future of dictionaries in the age of the web
  5. corpus analysis: discovering word senses, recording contextual information
  6. writing entries

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

The programme from lexicom-2011 is available here.

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

The venue will be the Alpinarium, Galtür

For travel, eg from Munich, Salzburg or Innsbruck airports, see www.galtuer.gv.at; accommodation details to follow.

Fees and registration

Before 1st June 2012Fee
Standard rateGBP 870
Student rateGBP 435
After 1st June 2012
Standard rateGBP 990
Student rateGBP 495

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 year's free subscription to the Sketch Engine
  • Teas and Coffees
  • Lunches
  • the Course Dinner
The fee does not include accommodation.

Registration form

Further information