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Semantics - OEB2301139

Title:	Semantics
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2016 to 2017
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/1, C [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

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Annotation -

Last update: SKALOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (27.10.2010)

The aim of the course is to introduce the students to some basic approaches to the study of meaning in Linguistics and related fields (primarily Cognitive Science and Psychology). The primary focus will be on word meaning (lexical semantics), although sentential semantics and pragmatics will be introduced as well. Theoretical topics covered include categorization, acquisition of concepts, figures of speech, mental spaces, or lexical semantic change. Various semantic domains will be examined in connection with these topics but two will be treated in depth from various perspectives: the semantics of everyday concepts, and the semantics of space and motion.

Literature - Czech

Last update: SKALOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (27.10.2010)

Doporučená literatura:

HOFMANN, Th. R. Realms of Meaning. An Introduction to Semantics, 2nd impression. Harlow, Essen, London & New York: Longman, 1995.

HUDSON, R. A. Word Meaning. London: Routledge, 1995.

JACKSON, H. Words and their meaning. Harlow, Essex, London & New York: Longman, 1991.

LYONS, J. Linguistic Semantics. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP, 1991.