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Phraseology and Idiomatics - AAA130090

Title:	Frazeologie a idiomatika
Guaranteed by:	Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts
Actual:	from 2015
Semester:	summer
Points:	0
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:1/0, C [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Additional information:	http://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=756

Guarantor:	prof. PhDr. Aleš Klégr
Pre-requisite :	AAA230050

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Annotation -

The subject supplements the description of the English lexicon by offering a brief overview of the key topics in English phraseology/idiomatics from theoretical and practical points of view. It focuses on the basic types of English idioms/phrasemes, their formal and semantic aspects and usage.

Last update: BRUHOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (03.10.2010)

Literature -

Essential literature

Burger, H., Dobrovol?skij, D., Kühn, P., Norrick Neal R. (2007) Phraseology. An International Handbook of Contemporary Research, Berlin-New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Cowie, A.P. (ed.)(1998, 2001) Phraseology. Theory, Analysis and Applications. Oxford UP.

Čermák, F. (2007) Frazeologie a idiomatika česká a obecná/Czech and general phraseology, Karolinum.

Čermák, F. et al. (1983-2007) Slovník české frazeologie a idiomatiky, Academia. Praha.

Granger, S., Meunier, F. (eds)(2008) Phraseology. An interdisciplinary perspective. John Benjamins.

Moon, R. (1998) Fixed Expressions and Idioms in English. A corpus-based approach, Oxford UP.

Wray A. (2002), Formulaic language and the lexicon, Cambridge UP.

Supplementary literature

Cowie, A. P. and R. Mackin (1975) Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English. Volume 1. (retitled ?Oxford Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs? 1993). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cowie, A. P., R. Mackin and I. R. McCaig (1983) Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English. Volume 2. (retitled ?Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms? 1993). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Čermák, F. et al. (2009) Slovník české frazeologie a idiomatiky I-IV, Leda. Praha.

Fernando. C., Flavell, R. (1981) On idiom: critical views and perspectives, Exeter.

Gläser, R. (1986) Phraseologie der englischen Sprache, VEB Verlag Encykloädie Leipzig.

Kavka, S. (2003) A Book on Idiomatology. Žilina: EDIS.

Makkai, A. (1972) Idiom structure in English, Mouton - The Hague.

Meunier, F., Granger, S. (eds)(2008) Phraseology in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. John Benjamins.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary of English (2002), Oxford University Press.

Skandera, P. (ed.)(2007) Phraseology and Culture in English, Berlin-New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Strassler, J (1982) Idioms in English. A Pragmatic Analysis, Tubingen: Narr.

Last update: BRUHOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (03.10.2010)

Syllabus -

Syllabus
1. Introduction to phraseology, basic terminology, types of phraseological units, the idiom principle
2. Collocations, prefabricated units, formulaic language.
3. Grammatical idioms/phrasemes
4. Collocational idioms/phrasemes, non-verbal (nominal)
5. Collocational idioms/phrasemes, modifying (adverbial and attributive)
6. Binomials
7. Similes
8. Collocational verb-based idioms/phrasemes: phrasal and prepositional verbs
9. Verbonominal expressions (quasiphrasemes)
10. Propositional idioms/phrasemes, proverbs
11. Stylistic aspects of phraseological units/idioms
12. English phraseological dictionaries

Last update: BRUHOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (09.09.2011)