ICJk08 Vocabulary and Word Formation

Faculty of Education
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.3. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Marie Tušková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
ICJk08/OS01: Fri 11. 3. 18:00–19:50 učebna 1, Fri 25. 3. 8:00–9:50 učebna 4, I. Kolářová
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
Course objectives
1. In the lexicology the students study the structure of Czech vocabulary.
2. The word forming presupposes knowledge of the basic terminology and methods of formation.
3. The students develop their ability to analyse word from semantics and word-forming point of view.
Learning outcomes
In the end of the course the students will be able to:
(a) make analysis of the word meaning and word structure, class the word in the level of vocabulary;
(b) find synonyms or antonyms for specified word, distinguish homonyms and polysemous words;
(c) explain the meaning of some strange words (almost archaism);
(d) identify phrases or other multiverbal lexical units;
(e) explain all terms of word-forming and word building;
(f) make analysis of word-formation (foundation word, word-forming base of word, formant);
(g) make analysis of word-building (the root, prefixed part, suffixed part of the word).
Syllabus
  • 1. Fundamental terminology of the lexicology and word formation in the Czech language.
  • 2. Word and names. Types of names: words, phraseologism, groups of words.
  • 3. Vocabulary in the literary language, spoken Czech, in the dialects and social dialects, in the slang, professional speech and in the argot; expressive lexical units; frequency of the lexical units in the Czech vocabulary and in the various styles of the Czech language. Classification of the vocabulary from the development and historian point of view. Origin of the lexical units. Analysis of the lexical units in the authentically texts.
  • 4. Increasing of the vocabulary. Loanwords.
  • 5. Semantic relations in the vocabulary. Synonyms, its function in the texts. Antonyms, the types of antonyms. Hyponyms, hyperonyms.
  • 6. Proper nouns, proper names. Typology of proper names. Proper names in Czech language teaching in primary school.
  • 7. Word-formation and word-building in Czech language. Fundamental terminology. Motivated and non-motivated words.
  • 8. Types of word-formation in Czech language, their character and productivity. Semantic categories in word-formation, the suffix- and prefix types in the semantic categories.
  • 9. The word-formation by suffixes and prefixes - substantives, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. Semantic categories. Word formation by the terminations.
  • 10. Composition. Abbreviation.
  • 11. Analysis of the words from word-formative point of view.
  • 12. Morphemic analysis of word structure. Analysis of word-building.
Literature
    required literature
  • HAUSER, Přemysl. Slovní zásoba (The Vocabulary). In Český jazyk. 1st ed. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2012, p. 45-58. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-3358-6. info
  • HAUSER, Přemysl. Tvoření slov (Word Forming). In Český jazyk. 1st ed. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2012, p. 59-92. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-3358-6. info
    recommended literature
  • KLÍMOVÁ, Květoslava and Ivana KOLÁŘOVÁ. Čeština zajímavě a komunikativně I (Czech in an Interesting and Communicative Way). 1st ed. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2013, 296 pp. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-4112-3. info
  • HUBÁČEK, Jaroslav, Eva JANDOVÁ, Diana SVOBODOVÁ and Jana SVOBODOVÁ. Čeština pro učitele. Vydání čtvrté, upravené. [Odry]: Vade mecum Bohemiae, 2010, 375 stran. ISBN 9788086041377. info
  • SVOBODOVÁ, Diana. Tvoření slov a česká lexikologie. Ostrava, 2005. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie. Čeština - řeč a jazyk. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 1996, 380 s. ISBN 80-85866-12-9. info
  • HAUSER, Přemysl. Nauka o slovní zásobě. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 195 s. URL info
    not specified
  • KLÍMOVÁ, Květoslava and Ivana KOLÁŘOVÁ. Čeština zajímavě a komunikativně II (Czech in an Interesting and Communicative Way II). 1st ed. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2014, 336 pp. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-4120-8. info
Teaching methods
1. Textual analysis, indentifying words in texts, interpretation of word meaning.
2, Analysis of word-forming structure - common and individual work.
3. Complex word-building analysis.
4. Individual word-forming of new words - controlled discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: student have to master written examination of the vocabulary and word-formation and word-building.
The written examination consists of two parts: it includes 30-40 short questions of language phenomena in text of lexicology and 15-20 short questions of word-forming. To be successfull student has to solve 75 % of the questions correctly in each part.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou pro ukončení předmětu zápočtem je úspěšné složení zkoušky z předmětu ZS1BP_CjC2.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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