Week: 02/05 – 06/05
Lecture Room: Building 1 – Room 1.38
Schedule: 09:30 – 12:30 | 14:00 – 17:00
Teachers:
Contents:
The module comprises 9 three-hour sessions falling into two Subunits:
Subunit A. Western European lexicography from antiquity to the late medieval period (Paolo Vaciago/Christine Ganslmayer)
Subunit B. Historical lexicography from the late medieval period to the 20th century (Anja Lobenstein-Reichmann/ Laura Balbiani)
Subunit A:
Objectives, contents and structure of the module; references (Paolo Vaciago);
1. The late antique heritage I (Paolo Vaciago):
- overview of the material and examination of samples of the main documents;
2. The late antique heritage II (Paolo Vaciago):
- lexicography and grammar;
- typological variety of the material: macro- and microstructures;
- sources, processes of compilation, patterns of transmission of lexicographical material.
3. Tradition and innovation in the Middle Ages (Paolo Vaciago):
- conservative and innovative traits of the early medieval material;
- the appearance and the role of vernacular languages, focussing on the English and German areas;
- innovative formats employed for lexicographical purposes;
- experiments with word families: the derivative method.
4. Early Medieval bilingual lexicography (Christine Ganslmayer)
Subunit B:
5. General introduction to the subunit (Laura Balbiani):
- Objectives, contents and structure of the subunit, references;
- Metalexicographical access to historical dictionaries or how to analyse and to review historical dictionaries;
- Overview and analysis of selected dictionaries for example concerning their macro-and microstructures, the importance of Latin as a source language, the development of the vernacular languages and the philosophical and ideological bias of the lexicographers;
- From the 14th to the 16th century (Laura Balbiani):
- The 14th and the 15th century: late medieval dictionaries: Vocabularius ex quo, Vocabularius incipiens teutonicum ante latinum and others;
- The 16th century, pre-modern dictionaries and the – Reformation: Dasypodius, Maaler, Henisch, Hulsius.
6. The 17th century (Laura Balbiani):
- The first language societies and their lexicographic interests;
- Patriotic impulse as an impetus for new lexicographic projects (Schottel and Stieler).
7. The Enlightenment:
- New approaches to the description of vocabulary;
- Normative and descriptive lexicography;
- Selected samples from the dictionaries of the dictionaries of Frisch, Steinbach, Adelung and Campe.
8. Bilingual lexicography:
- Development of bilingual lexicography (Matthias Kramer, 1700-1702);
- Pragmatic contexts, cultural and historical imprints, typologies (travel / learners’ dictionaries…).
9. Dictionary criticism (Deutsches Wörterbuch der Brüder Grimm) (Anja Lobenstein-Reichmann)
Please see the module description for further information.