AJ12071 Introduction to Semantics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ12071/A: Wed 7:30–9:05 G32, N. Kudrnáčová
AJ12071/B: Wed 9:10–10:45 G32, N. Kudrnáčová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/75, only registered: 0/75, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/75
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Objectives of the course: The course provides students with a solid understanding of key concepts in semantics. The course aims to encourage an active approach on the part of students toward the subject matter. Students successfully completing the course will be able to identify and explain concepts which are central to the study of communication. They will be able to describe and discuss the semantic structure of lexemes. They will also have an enhanced knowledge of the semantic structure of sentences.
Syllabus
  • Description of the course: The course is taught in English. The topics covered in the course are as follows: - semantics and other linguistic disciplines
  • - seven types of meaning, componential analysis
  • - naming; sense and reference
  • - the word and the sentence
  • - semantic meaning versus pragmatic meaning
  • - proposition, modality, deictics
  • - semantic fields and collocations, idioms
  • - predication, types of predicates
  • - sense relations: hyponymy, synonymy, antonymy, relational opposites, polysemy and homonymy
  • - grammar and the lexicon
  • - components and the sentence
  • - case grammar
  • - sentence types and modality
Literature
  • LEECH, Geoffrey Neil. Semantics :the study of meaning. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981, xii, 383 s. ISBN 0-14-021694-4. info
  • PALMER, F. R. (Frank Robert). Semantics : a new outline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976, viii, 164. ISBN 0-521-09999-4. info
Teaching methods
One 1.5 hour seminar per week.
Assessment methods
Seminar attendance is compulsory. Assessment: a written test at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=440
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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