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Lexicology

Objectives

The defined learning outcomes for the seminar of Lexicology concern the development and improvement of skills inthe area of Lexicology that allow students to understand and realize the function and relevance of the Lexicon withinthe Grammar, to comprehend the nature and complexity of lexical properties and to know the existent theories andmodels for their representation. In particular, students should be able:

  1. to understand the object and goals of Lexicology, its application and the theoretical and empirical issues thissubfield addresses; 
  2. to know different theories and models of Lexical Semantics;
  3. to describe and model lexical units.

General characterization

Code

02112140

Credits

5.0

Responsible teacher

Raquel Fonseca Amaro

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 140

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Amaro, R., S. Mendes & P. Marrafa (2013). Increasing Density through New Relations and PoS Encoding in WordNet.PT.In: International Journal of Computational Linguistics and Applications, 4:1, pp. 11-27.
  • Cunha, C. A. (2019). O léxico e as unidades lexicais: revisitando a teoria. In: Guavira Letras, v. 15, n. 30. Três Lagoas/MS, pp. 15-30.
  • Geeraerts, D. (2010) Theories of Lexical Semantics, Oxford University Press.
  • Silva, A. S. (2010) Polissemia e Contexto: o problema duro da diferenciação de sentidos. EstudosLinguísticos/Linguistics Studies 5, 353-367.
  • Pustejosky, J. (1995). The Generative Lexicon. MA: The MIT PressTarp, S. (2014) Dictionaries in the Internet Era:Innovation or Business as Usual?. Alicante Journal of English Studies 27, 233-261
  • Rio-Torto, G. (2013). Léxico, Gramática e Processamento. In: Almeida, A., E. Santos & J. Soledade (eds.), O léxico em estudo, Bahia, EDUNEB, pp. 1-20.

Teaching method

Theoretical-practical classes and tutorial guidance, using case studies and practical application of acquiredknowledge, including:

(i) presentation of contents by the teacher;

(ii) discussion and critical analysis of thebibliography on topics of the syllabus;

(iii) practical application of knowledge acquired in individual and group work inspecific tasks, using computational tools.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Active participation in seminar activities(30%), Project work, to be developed throughout the semester(70%)

Subject matter

1. The Lexicon and the nature of lexical knowledge
1.1 Lexical unit and meaning
1.2 Ambiguity, meaning in context and use
2. Theories and models for the representation of the lexical meaning
2.1 Structuralist conception of meaning
2.2 Generative semantics
2.3 Cognitive semantics
3. Approaches and practices for lexical modeling
3.1 New decompositional approach: the Generative Lexicon model
3.2 New relational approach: the WordNet model