OJ466 Word

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 9:10–10:45 B2.34
Prerequisites
Knowledge of linguistic concepts, reading ability in English
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
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Course objectives
The course deals with the word as the basic linguistic unit. Most of linguistic analyses are done with a reference to the word, but words are also the first thing we learn in a language, and even the layman knows that it is words that make languages different. Still there is no single and uniform definition of the word and its analysis. In the course the student will learn about various approaches to the word, and will be able to critically evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The attention will be paid to phonological, morphological, semantic and syntactic characteristics of words.
Syllabus
  • Word and its definition
    Phonology of the word: phonological word vs. grammatical word; the problem of clitics
    Morphology of the word: the problem of so-called cranberry morphemes
    Semantics of the word: the problem of synonymy and polysemy of words
    Syntax of the word: the word as the minimal unit of syntax?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Taylor, J. R. 2015. The Oxford Handbook of the Word, Oxford University Press.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. - Aikhenvald, A. Y. 2002. Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology. Cambridge University Press.
  • Haspelmath, Martin. 2011. "The indeterminacy of word segmentation and the nature of morphology and syntax". Folia Linguistica 45:1, 31–80.
  • HASPELMATH, Martin and Andrea D. SIMS. O čem je morfologie. Translated by Aleš Klégr - Kateřina Vašků. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 376 stran. ISBN 9788024625041. info
  • KRÁMSKÝ, Jiří. The word as a linguistic unit. Hague: Mouton, 1969. info
    not specified
  • The Oxford handbook of derivational morphology. Edited by Rochelle Lieber - Pavol Štekauer. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xxvi, 927. ISBN 9780199641642. info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, presentations
Assessment methods
presentation - the student will prepare a presentation summarizing the main points of a text written in a foreign language (kwowledge of English is necessary)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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