NJ_SEM Semantics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the language system; a passed examination in "Introduction into Linguistics" required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the theories of a language sign (de Saussure, Peirce, Jakobson), explain the para- and syntagmatical relationships among the (context bound) language signs and will be able to understand and interpret these relationships in a text.
Syllabus
  • Theory:
  • semiotics and semantics; semantics in the philology;
  • the language sign of de Saussura, Peirce and Jakobson;
  • signifé x signifiant (icony, index, symbol and subcategories);
  • paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships on all levels (phonetic to text)
Literature
  • SCHWARZ-FRIESEL, Monika and Jeannette CHUR. Semantik :ein Arbeitsbuch. 3., unveränderte Aufl. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 2001, 223 s. ISBN 3-8233-4951-1. info
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Satzsemantik : Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-den-Zeilen-Lesens. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1988, 389 s. ISBN 3110119552. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
  • BREKLE, Herbert E. Semantik. Eine Einfuhrung in die sprachwissenschaftliche Bedeutungslehre. 3. vyd. Munchen: Fink, 144 s. ISBN 3-7705-1181-6. info
  • LUTZEIER, Peter Rolf: Lexikologie. Tübingen, 1995.
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Básnická sémantika :univerzitní přednášky Praha - Bratislava. Edited by Miroslav Procházka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 172 s. ISBN 80-7066-735-4. info
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Satzsemantik : Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-den-Zeilen-Lesens. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1988, 389 s. ISBN 3110119552. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Deutsche Grammatik : ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. 8., neubearbeitete Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1984, 737 s. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey. Semantics :the study of meaning. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1981, xii, 383 s. ISBN 0-14-013487-5. info
  • ULLMANN, Stephen. Semantik :eine Einführung in die Bedeutungslehre. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 1973. ISBN 3-10-882901-7. info
Teaching methods
presentation of papers; discussion on theories; practice on discussed features
Assessment methods
Credits for an oral paper presented in a seminar as well as for the active participation on seminars.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010.
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