Subject: Lexicography and encyclopaedica
Course: Dictionary knowledge presentation
ECTS credits: 3
Language: Croatian
Duration: 1 semester
Status: obligatory for DHI study, elective for all other studies
Method of teaching: 1 lecture hour and 1 hour of seminar every week
Prerequisites: none
Assessment: written report

Course description:
The course describes the principles of the computer processing and analysis of the older and contemporary lexicographic material. The possibilities of the dictionary, linguistic, grammatical, terminological, temporal and comparative analysis between the particular dictionaries are explored. The structure of the dictionary knowledge is presented. The course presents dictionaries as the catalogue of knowledge, but also as the source of terminological, etymological and other knowledge. The possibilities of application of those principles to lexicography, encyclopedica, lexicology, linguistics, croatology and other sciences are explored.

Course objectives:
The aim of the course is to introduce students with the principles of the computer analysis of the digitalized dictionary material. They also need to be able to show the acquired knowledge doing the practical work in the field.

Quality check and success of the course: Quality check and success of the course will be done by combining internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students using survey method at the end of semester. The external evaluation will be done by colleagues attending the course, by monitoring and assessment of the course.

Reading list:
1. Bibliografska i rječnička baza znanstveno-istraživačkog projekta "Hrvatska rječnička baština i prikaz rječničkoga znanja", Odsjek za informacijske znanosti Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, 2004 (computer accessible)
2. Boras, Damir; Mikelić, Nives; Lauc, Davor. Leksička flektivna baza podataka hrvatskih imena i prezimena. U: Modeli znanja i obrada prirodnoga jezika, Zavod za informacijske studije, Zagreb, 2003, str. 219-236.
3. Boras, Damir; Prelog, Nenad. Enciklopedija budućnosti: interaktivni izvor znanja. U: Radovi Leksikografskog zavoda Miroslav Krleža, knjiga 10, Zagreb, 2001.

Additional reading list:
1. Leksikografija. U: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb 1964.
2. Prelog, Nenad; Boras, Damir. Bibliografski izvori znanja na novim medijima. U:javascript:prozor_za_rad( Radovi Leksikografskog zavoda Miroslav Krleža, knjiga 10, Zagreb, 2001, (računalno dostupno)
3. Zgusta, Ladislav. Priručnik leksikografije. Sarajevo : Svjetlost, 1991.