The aim of the course is familiarising students with a broad variety of meaning encoding see mainly from the semantic and pragmatic perspevtive. The main focus is on word meaning. The use of practical everyday examples is emphasised.
Topic 1: Types and modes of meaning; Compositionality; Lexical and grammatical meaning; Contextual variability of meaning; Theoretical approaches to lexical meaning
Topic 2: Meaning and concept; Mental representations of categories; Prototypes
Topic 3: Paradigmatic sense relations; Identity vs opositness
Topic 4: Syntagmatic relations; Collocability; Grammatical semantics
Topic 5: Extension of meaning; Metaphor, metonymy; Meaning change and shift
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
The aim of the course is familiarising students with a broad variety of meaning encoding see mainly from the semantic and pragmatic perspevtive. The main focus is on word meaning. The use of practical everyday examples is emphasised.
Topic 1: Types and modes of meaning; Compositionality; Lexical and grammatical meaning; Contextual variability of meaning; Theoretical approaches to lexical meaning
Topic 2: Meaning and concept; Mental representations of categories; Prototypes
Topic 3: Paradigmatic sense relations; Identity vs opositness
Topic 4: Syntagmatic relations; Collocability; Grammatical semantics
Topic 5: Extension of meaning; Metaphor, metonymy; Meaning change and shift
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
Literature -
CRUSE, David. A. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. 3rd edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0199559466.
ČERMÁK, František. Lexikon a Sémantika. Praha: NLN, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7422-020-3.
JACKSON, Howard. Words and their meaning. Harlow, Essex, London & New York: Longman, 1988. ISBN 978-0582291546.
LYONS, John. Linguistic Semantics. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP, 1996. ISBN 978-0521438773.
SAEED, John. I. Semantics. 4th edition. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. ISBN 978-1118430163.
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
CRUSE, David. A. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. 3rd edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0199559466.
ČERMÁK, František. Lexikon a Sémantika. Praha: NLN, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7422-020-3.
JACKSON, Howard. Words and their meaning. Harlow, Essex, London & New York: Longman, 1988. ISBN 978-0582291546.
LYONS, John. Linguistic Semantics. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP, 1996. ISBN 978-0521438773.
SAEED, John. I. Semantics. 4th edition. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. ISBN 978-1118430163.
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
