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Deadline for submissions extended to 30 September 2016.
The fifth international symposium on History of English Lexicography and
Lexicology (HEL-LEX5) will be held at the University of Zurich from 16 to 18
February 2017.
As with earlier conferences in this series we seek to bring together the
expertise of scholars and professional dictionary makers. This time, to mark
the 200th anniversary of Pierre Larousse and to celebrate other intellectuals
who, like Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, the Brothers Grimm, Niccolò Tommaseo,
or Émile Littré, combined lexicography, philology, editing, publishing, writing
poetry, essays or novels, and literary criticism in their prolific careers, we
invite interested scholars to submit papers that explore the intersections of
these fields of knowledge and labour.
Papers on the following topics are particularly welcome:
- Lexicology and etymology
- Lexicography and dictionary making
- Historical lexical studies
- Encyclopaedic dictionaries
- Comparative studies of English and other national lexicographic traditions
- Poets and writers as encyclopaedists
- Poets and writers as generators of new lexis
- Lexicographers as poets and writers
Plenary Speakers:
''The whole heart-rending history in a single retrospective glance'': James
Henry’s words and Virgil’s words
Christopher Ricks, Boston University
''The proper History of such Art'': Ephraim Chambers and James Keir on
dictionaries
Roderick McConchie, independent scholar
Romantic lexicography
John Considine, University of Alberta
Exploring Lexicography, Dictionaries, and Dictionary Publishing as Cultural
Heritage and Cultural Memory
Amanda Laugesen, Australian National University, Australian National Dictionary
Centre
TBA
Marc Alexander, University of Glasgow, Historical Thesaurus of English
Abstracts:
The abstracts, to be submitted via EasyAbs by 30 September 2016, should be
about 300 words in length (excluding references). Notification of acceptance
will be issued by 31 October 2016.
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/hellex5
For more information and updates, please, check:
http://www.hel-lex5.uzh.ch/en.html
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Prof. Dr. Olga Timofeeva
University of Zurich
English Department
Plattenstrasse 47
CH-8032 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone +41 44 634 36 72
Fax +41 44 634 49 08
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