PdF:A2BP_LEXI Lexicology - Course Information
A2BP_LEXI Basics of Lexicology
Faculty of EducationSpring 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- A2BP_LEXI/01: Thu 8:25–10:05 učebna 63, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
- Prerequisites
- ( A2BP_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && A2BP_GR1B Grammar B && A2BP_SFFB Phonetics Seminar B ) || A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam
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
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- 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.
At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and explain the main properties of and tendencies in the English lexis; they will be able to analyse lexical units in terms of their form, function, origin, meaning and use in various styles. - Syllabus
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to lexicology. Word and lexeme. Linguistic sign.
- 2. Morphemes - free and bound, lexical and grammatical.
- 3. Word-formation: basic word-formation processes in English (derivation, compounding, conversion).
- 4. Word-formation: minor word-formation processes in English.
- 5. Lexical semantics. The meaning of a word: denotative and associative meanings.
- 6. Relations between lexical items. Polysemy and homonymy.
- 7. Origins and development of the English vocabulary. Lexical borrowing. Semantic and stylistic neologism.
- 8. Variation in vocabulary choice.
- 9. Word classes in Modern English.
- 10. Typology of naming units. Phraseology.
- Literature
- required literature
- VOGEL, Radek. Basics of Lexicology. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 97 pp. skriptum. ISBN 978-80-210-4272-8. info
- JACKSON, Howard and Etienne ZÉ AMVELA. Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology. 2nd ed. New York: Continuum, 2007, xii, 248. ISBN 9780826490186. info
- recommended literature
- HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 93 s. ISBN 8021018879. 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
- Teaching methods
- Teaching methods:
- explanation, analysis and discussion in seminars;
- homework tasks - Assessment methods
- Completion prerequisites:
- attendance (minimum 80%);
- final test (to pass: min. 70%) - Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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