AJ22068 Selected Topics from Semantics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Semantics (as the study of meaning) is central to the study of communication. This seminar offers an introduction to some of the basic concepts of semantics. The range of the topics dealt with will cover the semantic structure of the sentence, the interrelation of syntax and semantics, case grammar, and selected semantic concepts (causativity, transitivity, agency, possession). This is an investigative seminar, designed for advanced students. It is aimed at encouraging an active approach on the part of students toward the subject matter. - syntax, semantics, pragmatics - the distinction between the level of cognitive content and the level of linguistic meaning - semantico-syntactic interface: the relations between grammatical sentence patterns and semantic sentence patterns - the hierarchical structure of the semantics of the sentence - semantic roles as generalizations of lexical meanings on a higher level of abstraction - anthropocentrism of syntax - case theory and the problem of language universals - transitivity dealt with in terms of causativity - the "static" semantic structure of the sentence versus the "dynamic" semantic structure of the sentence
Literature
  • LYONS, John. Linguistic semantics : an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xvi, 376. ISBN 0521438772. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey Neil. Semantics :the study of meaning. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981, xii, 383 s. ISBN 0-14-021694-4. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: 2 původní kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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