Lexicography Course
Master modern English lexicography by designing clear dictionary entries, defining digital-age vocabulary, selecting appropriate headwords, crafting learner-friendly definitions, and addressing ethics, style, and sources with professional confidence. This course equips you with practical skills for creating consistent, accurate, and user-friendly dictionary content.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Lexicography Course provides practical skills for designing clear, consistent dictionary entries tailored for learners, covering headword selection, controlled definitions, style, formatting, and usage labels. Participants will practice documenting sources, writing concise etymology notes, defining terms from digital communication, and managing ethical considerations to ensure entries are accurate, transparent, and accessible.
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Develop skills
- Build learner-friendly entries with structure, labels, and clear examples.
- Craft concise definitions for digital slang and online communication terms.
- Apply consistent editorial style including formatting, hyphenation, and pronunciation.
- Use corpora and trusted sources to select relevant, high-frequency headwords.
- Write ethical, transparent notes on usage, etymology, and source documentation.
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