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Objectives and competences

The objective: to acquaint students with the social, cultural and lingual aspects to acquaint the students with the social and cultural conditioned content of dictionaries to acquaint students with novelties in contemporary lexicography.

Content (Syllabus outline)

The subject deals with the following interlingual German-Slovene and cultural aspects: - social, cultural and linguistic aspects of lexicography - social functions of dictionaries (symbolic value, authority, orientation, standards) - chronological and typological survey of selected German and German-Slovene dictionaries - value system and ideology in a dictionary - social and cultural conditions of lexicographic texts - culturally specific contents of dictionaries - problem of interlingual equivalence - dictionary in the 21st century, new concepts.

Learning and teaching methods

- lectures - seminars - autonomous work

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

The student will be acquainted to the social and cultural aspects and the social functions of dictionaries able to recognize and critically evaluate culturally specific contents of lexicographic texts acquainted to the possibilities of using new technology in the process of planning and drafting dictionaries.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

oral and writing skills argumentative skills using ICT critical and profound usage of lexicographic sources and literature.

Readings

Engelberg, S., L. Lemnitzer (2009): Lexikographie und Wörterbuchbenutzung. 4. Aufl. Tübingen. Haß-Zumkehr, U. (2001): Deutsche Wörterbücher – Brennpunkt von Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte. Berlin, New York. Hausmann, F. J. et al. (ur.) (1989-1991): Wörterbücher. Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. Ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie. Bd. 1-3. Berlin, New York. (HSK 5,1 - 5,3). Izbrana poglavja. Wiegand, H.E. (1998): Wörterbuchforschung. 1. Teilbd. Berlin, New York. Izbrana poglavja. Jesenšek, V. (2016): Über die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung der nichtwissenschaftlichen Internetlexikographie. V: Schierholz, S. J. (ur.). Wörterbuchforschung und Lexikographie, Berlin; Boston: de Gruyter, str. 259-273.

Prerequisits

None.

  • red. prof. dr. VIDA JESENŠEK

  • Individual work: 50
  • Written examination: 50

  • : 15
  • : 75

  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian