CJJ09 Modern Czech Semantics and Lexicology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJJ09/01: Tue 12:00–13:40 K33, except Tue 16. 4., M. Wągiel
CJJ09/02: Tue 14:00–15:40 L21, except Tue 16. 4., M. Wągiel
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJJ01 Language - Proseminar
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 57/60, only registered: 1/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce basic notions and procedures of semantic and lexical analysis to the students and teach them to think about meanings of natural-language expressions from a formal perspective. Consequently, the student should be able to apply these notions to describe semantic and lexical structures in natural language. We will focus on linguistic phenomena that demonstrate the complexity of lexical meanings as well as on how meanings of individual parts combine into larger semantic wholes.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- understand basic notions of semantic analysis
- understand basic principles of the modeling of meaning
- define truth-conditions of natural-language sentences
- apply formal methods to the analysis of the meanings of words, sentences and compositional operations
- understand the differences between the semantics and pragmatics of linguistic expressions
Syllabus
  • 1. Theories of meaning
  • 2. Lexicon structure
  • 3. Compositionality
  • 4. Reference
  • 5. Predication
  • 6. Modification
  • 7. Quantification
  • 8. Event semantics
  • 9. Modality
  • 10. Presupposition and implicatures
Literature
  • CRUSE, D. Alan. Lexical semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, xiv, 310. ISBN 052125678X. info
  • KEARNS, Kate. Semantics. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xii, 269. ISBN 9780230232297. info
  • PORTNER, Paul. What is meaning? : fundamentals of formal semantics. 1st pub. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005, ix, 235. ISBN 9781405109178. info
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, Strana 110. ISBN 9788074224829. info
  • Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Miroslav Grepl - Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 799 s. ISBN 8071061344. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Lexikon a sémantika. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010, 357 s. ISBN 9788074220203. info
Teaching methods
The methods used include lecture, class discussion, reading assigned papers.
Assessment methods
Requirements for the successful completion of the course: 1) systematic and active attendance, 2) min 20 points for interim tests and assignments. Assignments: 1 assignment = 2 points, number of assignments per term: 4, max 8 points. Tests: 1 test = max 8 points, number of tests per term: 3, max 24 points. Total: 32 points.
Rating scale:
30-32: A
28-29: B
25-27: C
23-24: D
20-22: E
0-19: F
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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