Estonian Lexicography
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Course code
EKE6066.HT
old course code
EKE6066
Course title in Estonian
Eesti leksikograafia
Course title in English
Estonian Lexicography
ECTS credits
2.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Introduce the importance, history and modern of lexicography. Develope the skills of using different sources of lexicon. Introduce the importance of the language technology in creating vocabularies.
Brief description of the course
Main concepts and terms of lexicography. Methods and different approaches. Typology of vocabularies. Compiling of vocabularies. Theoretical and practical lexicography. History of lexicography. Estonian lexicography. Web-based ressources. Electronical vocabularies and data-bases of Estonian language.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is familiar with main concepts and terms of lexicography, language technology and corpus-linguistics.
- has an overview of main principles of compiling vocabularies and applications of modern lexicography.
- is familiar with electronical vocabularies and data-bases of Estonian language and can to use them.



Teacher
Jelena Kallas, PhD, Margit Maran, MA
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