Lexicology - OIBA2A106A

• Title: Lexicology
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2019
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.

Annotation

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the lexicology of Modern English ? including both Lexical Semantics and Word-Formation. The key aspects of the historical development of the English lexis and its socio-cultural context will also be studied. The stylistic layers of the word-stock will be explored as well as relevant issues in lexicography. Having completed this course, students should be able to demonstrate a familiarity with linguistic concepts and terminology that will enable them to theoretically explain relevant features of English word-formation and lexical semantics and to apply theoretical notions in practice.

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)

Course completion requirements

Aktivní účast na seminářích, t.j. ústní prezentace zpracování zadaných úkolů a participace v diskuzích

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)

Literature

ADAMS, V. Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation. London: Longman, 1973

BAUER, L. English Word-formation, 4th reprint. Cambridge: CUP, 1993.

CRUSE, D. A. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: CUP, 1995.

GREENBAUM, S. & QUIRK, R. A Student's grammar of the English Language. London: Longman, 1990.

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)

Requirements to the exam

K úspěšnému absolvování zkoušky musí student dosáhnout minimální hranice 70%, zkouška má písemnou podobu a sestává z témat diskutovaných v přednáškách a seminářích.

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)

Syllabus

Week 1 Introduction. Key Terms in Lexicology and Lexicography. PLC

Week 2 Working with Words. Teaching and Learning Vocabulary.

Week 3 Borrowing. Historical Development of the English Word-Stock.

Week 4 Lexicography. Word-Stock Layers. Registers. Style.

Week 5 Affixation I.

Week 6 Affixation II.

Week 7 Conversion.

Week 8 Compounding.

Week 9 Minor Word-Formation Processes. Collocations. Set expressions.

Week 10 Word Meaning.

Week 11 Sense Relations between Words.

Week 12 Sense Developments. Figures of Speech.

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)