PdF:AJ2RC_LEX Lexicology - Course Information
AJ2RC_LEX Lexicology
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/24. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová - Prerequisites
- Advanced or fluency level of English.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Lower Seconday Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Anglický jazyk a literatura pro základní školy)
- Course objectives
- The course introduces the basic concepts of this branch of linguistics. It discusses English word-formation, lexical semantics, semantic relations between lexical units, lexical cohesion and the development and stratification of the English word-stock.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to Lexicology. Word and lexeme. 2. Word-formation: basic word-formation processes in English. 3. Word-formation: minor word-formation processes in English. 4. Origins and development of the English vocabulary. Variation in vocabulary choice. 5. Word classes in Modern English. 6. Phraseology. 7. Lexical semantics. The meaning of a word: denotative and associative meanings. 8. Relations between lexical items. Polysemy and homonymy. 9. Historical semantics: changes in the meaning of words. 10. Sense relations: hyponymy, meronymy, synonymy and antonomy. 11. Lexicography. Types of dictionaries. The structure of a dictionary entry. Dictionary definitions.
- Literature
- Zé Amvella
- ZÉ AMVELA, Etienne. Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology. Edited by Howard Jackson. London: Continuum, 2000, vi, 216. ISBN 0826460968. info
- HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 93 s. ISBN 8021018879. info
- Manuál lexikografie. Edited by František Čermák - Renata Blatná. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 283 s. ISBN 80-85787-23-7. info
- CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vii, 489. ISBN 0521401798. info
- HATCH, Evelyn and Cheryl BROWN. Vocabulary, semantics, and language education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xii, 468 s. ISBN 0-521-47942-8. info
- PALMER, F. R. Semantics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, vi, 221. ISBN 0521283760. info
- ADAMS, Valerie. An introduction to modern English word-formation. London: Longman, 1973, viii, 230. ISBN 0582521947. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Exam - written and oral part
- Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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