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The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with various issues associated with meaning in language, including different types of meaning, approaches to the study of meaning, different ways meaning is coded,sense relations, and meaning changes and modifications. Focus is placed on lexical meaning, which is examined predominantly from the semantic perspective and illustrated on examples from everyday use.
Topic 1: Types and modes of meaning; compositionality; lexical and grammatical meaning; theoretical approaches to the study of meaning
Topic 2: Meaning and concept; mental representation of categories; prototype
Topic 3: Paradigmatic relations; identity vs opposition
Topic 4: Syntagmatic relations; co-occurrence restrictions; anomalies; grammar semantics
Topic 5: Polysemy; meaning extension; metaphor and metonymy; changes and modifications of meaning; contextual modification and variation
Last update: Nádraská Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (23.01.2023)
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Self-study of literature: 10 hours Individual work with study materials: 15 hours Fulfilling the individual course assignments: 25 hours Test preparation: 20 hours Last update: Nádraská Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (23.01.2023)
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In order to pass and complete the course successfully, the students are required to fulfil the following: 1. home preparation, i.e. self-study of theory and completion of the assigned tasks 2. active participation in seminars 3. written test - the test covers all the topics discussed in the seminars - the minimal number of points achieved in the test is 70% - students are allowed 1 re-sit Last update: Nádraská Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)
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CRUSE, David. A. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. 3rd edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. ČERMÁK, František. Lexikon a Sémantika. Praha: NLN, 2010. GRIFFITHS, Patrick. Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. JACKSON, Howard. Words and their meaning. Harlow, Essex, London & New York: Longman, 1988. KROEGER, Paul R. Analysing Meaning: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Berlin: Language Science Press, 2018. LYONS, John. Linguistic Semantics. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP, 1996. MURPHY, Lynne. Semantic Relations and the Lexicon: Antonymy, Synonymy, and Other Paradigms. Cambridge: CUP, 2003. MURPHY, Lynne. Lexical Meaning. Cambridge: CUP, 2010. SAEED, John. I. Semantics. 4th edition. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. Last update: Nádraská Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)
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In order to pass and complete the course successfully, the students are required to fulfil the following: 1. home preparation, i.e. self-study of theory and completion of the assigned tasks 2. active participation in seminars 3. written test - the test covers all the topics discussed in the seminars - the minimal number of points achieved in the test is 70% - students are allowed 1 re-sit Last update: Nádraská Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)
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Topic 1: Types and modes of meaning; compositionality Topic 2: Lexical and grammatical meaning Topic 3: Theoretical approaches to the study of meaning (Componential analysis; holistic approaches) Topic 4: Meaning and concept; mental representation of categories; prototype Topic 5: Paradigmatic relations (generally) Topic 6: The paradigmatic relation of identity Topic 7: The paradigmatic relation of opposition Topic 8: Syntagmatic relations; co-occurrence restrictions; anomalies; grammar semantics Topic 9: Polysemy; meaning extension; metaphor and metonymy Topic 10: Changes and modifications of meaning; contextual modification and variation Last update: Nádraská Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)
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