Lexicom 2012 New Zealand

Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing
Auckland, New Zealand
February 11th-15th 2012

Lexical Computing Ltd. and the University of Auckland
in association with the first Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference

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 Michael Rundell.

Workshop programme

Topics

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

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

Travel and accommodation details here. Michael and Adam will be staying at The Quadrant.  You're most welcome to join us.

Venue: Arts 1, 14a Symonds Street. Level 2, rooms 216 and 217, map

Fees and registration

Standard rateGBP 990
Student rateGBP 495

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