The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the lexicology of modern English mainly from the synchronic perspective while considering the key diachronic aspects in the historical socio-cultural context. The main focus is on word-formation and lexicography.
Topic 1: Key terms in lexicology and lexicography; Relevant theses of Prague school; Historical development of English lexis
Topic 2: Teaching and learning vocabulary; Lexicography; Layers of vocabulary; Registers and functional styles
Topic 3: Word-formation processes, classification; Major word-formation processes; Affixation
Topic 4: Conversion; Compounding
Topic 5: Minor word-formation processes
Topic 6: Word meaning; Sense relations between words
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the lexicology of modern English mainly from the synchronic perspective while considering the key diachronic aspects in the historical socio-cultural context. The main focus is on word-formation and lexicography.
Topic 1: Key terms in lexicology and lexicography; Relevant theses of Prague school; Historical development of English lexis
Topic 2: Teaching and learning vocabulary; Lexicography; Layers of vocabulary; Registers and functional styles
Topic 3: Word-formation processes, classification; Major word-formation processes; Affixation
Topic 4: Conversion; Compounding
Topic 5: Minor word-formation processes
Topic 6: Word meaning; Sense relations between words
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
Literature -
BAUER, Laurie. English Word-formation, 4th reprint. Cambridge: CUP, 1993. ISBN 978-0521284929
BAUER, Laurie. Vocabulary, 4th reprint. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 978-0415163989
CRUSE, David. A. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. 3rd edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0199559466
QUIRK, Randolph. et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. 2nd Revised edition. London: Longman, 1985. ISBN 978-0582517349
JACKSON, Howard; ZÉ AMVELA, Etienne. Words, Meaning and Vocabulary. An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology. 2nd edition. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. ISBN 978-0826490186.
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
BAUER, Laurie. English Word-formation, 4th reprint. Cambridge: CUP, 1993. ISBN 978-0521284929
BAUER, Laurie. Vocabulary, 4th reprint. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 978-0415163989
CRUSE, David. A. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. 3rd edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0199559466
QUIRK, Randolph. et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. 2nd Revised edition. London: Longman, 1985. ISBN 978-0582517349
JACKSON, Howard; ZÉ AMVELA, Etienne. Words, Meaning and Vocabulary. An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology. 2nd edition. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. ISBN 978-0826490186.
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
