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Semantics - OEBAA1718Z

Title:	Semantics
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2021
Semester:	both
E-Credits:	6
Hours per week, examination:	0/1, MC [HT]
Capacity:	winter:unknown / unknown (unknown) summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

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.

Last update: Esserová Kateřina, DiS. (24.09.2019)

Descriptors

Distance learning will be taking place online, essentially in the form of interactive communication and via seminars and consultations in MS Teams. Study materials will be provided electronically via the aforementioned channels. E-mail communication will also be used in support of the previously mentioned forms.

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

Course completion requirements -

credit test 70% minimum

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

Literature -

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.

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

Syllabus - Czech

Téma 1: Typy a mody významu; Kompozicionalita; Lexikální a gramatický význam;

Kontextová proměnlivost významu; Teoretické přístupy k lexikálnímu významu

Téma 2: Význam a koncept; Mentální reprezentace kategorií; Prototypy

Téma 3: Paradigmatické vztahy; Identita vs. opozitnost

Téma 4: Syntagmatické vztahy; Pravidla pro souvýskyt; Gramatická sémantika

Téma 5: Extenze významu; Metafora, metonymie; Změny a proměny významu

Last update: Esserová Kateřina, DiS. (24.09.2019)