Description
The European Master in Lexicography (EMLEX) - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMLMD - EMLEX) since 2015 until 2024 is organised jointly by the Higher Education Institutions Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Minho, Université de Lorraine/Nancy, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, University of Silesia (Katowice), Stellenbosch University, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem (Budapest).
The majority of lecturers of the study cycle are teachers from the partner universities that compose the Consortium (Full Members - universities mentioned above) and teachers from universities and institutions that are Associated Partners of the Consortium. This means that these lecturers do not have a contractual link with the UMinho.
This Master’s Degree Programme is designed for all those interested in acquiring theoretical and practical expertise in the Field of Lexicography and who have a special interest in linguistics, translation, terminology, language teaching, digital preservation of lexicographic heritage, development of print and electronic/digital lexicographic resources, natural language processing and the development of linguistic solutions in digital communication.
Key learning outcomes
1. To promote international and interdisciplinary training of lexicographers (unique teaching programme in Europe in its current structure);
2. To allow for the development of skills in theoretical and practical lexicography on international level;
3. To encourage the acquisition of cultural and language competencies of the language(s) and culture(s) of the countries of the Consortium universities;
4. To promote the contact with different research methodologies in different international academic contexts;
5. To support the integration of students in real work settings.
Access to higher education
The European Master in Lexicography study programme provides fundamental technical and scientific skills for access to a 3rd cycle study programme in the same scientific domain or related domains.
Careers
The holders of a Master’s Degree in Lexicography will be prepared to work:
(i) either as lexicographers at a publishing company or as academic lexicographers in all fields of lexicography, ranging from the conception of print and online dictionaries to specific lexicographic tasks through to the technical development of lexicographical resources;
(ii) in the fields of terminology, translation, the IT sector and Natural Language Processing projects;
(iii) apply lexicographic and terminological concepts to language learning.
