PdF:AJ3BP_LEXI Lexicology - Course Information
AJ3BP_LEXI Lexicology
Faculty of EducationSpring 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Vogel, 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 - Timetable
- Tue 7:40–9:15 učebna 12
- Prerequisites
- Advanced or fluency level of English.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English Language and Literature with a view to Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- English Language and Literature with a view to Education (programme PdF, B-TV)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-SS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-TV)
- Course objectives
- The course introduces the basic concepts of English word-formation, lexical semantics, semantic relations between lexical units, lexical cohesion and the development and stratification of the English word-stock.
- Syllabus
- Syllabus 1. Introduction to Lexicology. Word and lexeme. 2. Lexicography. Types of dictionaries. The structure of a dictionary entry. Dictionary definitions. 3. Lexical semantics. The meaning of a word: denotative and associative meanings. 4. Relations between lexical items. Polysemy and homonymy. 5. Historical semantics: changes in the meaning of words. 6. Sense relations: hyponymy, meronymy, synonymy and antonomy. 7. Lexical cohesion: lexical chains. 8. Word-formation: basic word-formation processes in English. 9. Word-formation: minor word-formation processes in English. 10. Origins and development of the English vocabulary. Variation in vocabulary choice. 11. Word classes in Modern English. 12. Phraseology.
- Literature
- 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 0582550424. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Exam - written and oral part
- Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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