AJ3201 Lexicology and Lexicography

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ3201/Kombi02: Fri 27. 9. 12:00–13:50 učebna 11, Fri 11. 10. 12:00–13:50 učebna 11, Fri 25. 10. 12:00–13:50 učebna 11, Fri 15. 11. 12:00–13:50 učebna 11, Fri 29. 11. 12:00–13:50 učebna 11, Fri 13. 12. 12:00–13:50 učebna 11, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
AJ3201/Prez01: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 10, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
Prerequisites
The students should have an advanced or proficiency level of English. They should have already taken a course in lexicology dealing with word-formation processes in English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is the first linguistics course focusing on development of the linguistic competence of the students as language users and future teachers of English. The course introduces the basic linguistic terminology used in the field of lexicology and lexicography, explains the concept of the linguistic sign, word meaning, collocation, semantic prosody and lexical cohesion. The lexicography component of the course is centred on different types of dictionaries and their use in language teaching, types of information provided in a dictionary entry and strategies used in writing dictionary definitions. The study of lexical semantics is centred on denotation, reference and associative meanings of words, sense relations and lexical cohesion.
Throughout the semester students are encouraged to link theory in the classroom to practice at schools via practical tasks and the analysis and development of teaching materials.
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to - understand linguistic terminology and use it when discussion vocabulary issues - use printed and electronic dictionaries and define the meaning of words adequately with regard to the level of proficiency and the age fo students, - use a language corpus for the development of teaching materials and for understanding the meaning of words, - identify lexical cohesion relations in texts and understand relations between lexical units, - understand the differences between the Czech and the English vocabularies, - implement the knowledge of lexicology for didactic purposes, e,g. for the development of teaching material.
Syllabus
  • 1. Lexicology as a linguistic discipline. Methods and approaches to vocabulary teaching and learning
  • 2. Language sign: types, conventionality, universality. Basic concepts: word, lexeme, vocabulary of a language.
  • 3. Reference and denotation. Meaning: denotative and associative meanings. Semantic nucleus, semantic field, lexical field.
  • 4. Lexicography. Types of dictionaries: principles of word selection.The structure of a language dictionary entry.
  • 5. Dictionary definitions: principles and problems. Bilingual dictionaries.
  • 6. Language corpora.Using a language corpora: collocation, semantic and grammatical patterns, semantic prosody.
  • 7. Word meaning and prototype theory. Semantic relations between lexical items.
  • 8. Idiomaticity. Collocation. Phraseological units and idioms.
  • 9. Historical semantics: changes in the meaning of words. Semantic and stylistic neologisms. Categories of figurative language: metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole etc.
  • 10. Lexical cohesion: reiteration and collocation. Lexical chains and chain interaction.
  • 12. Analysing lexical cohesion in different types of text. Context dependent meaning.
  • 13. Teaching practice observation - word-formation and sense relations in coursebooks and classroom practice.
Literature
    required literature
  • JACKSON, Howard and Etienne ZÉ AMVELA. Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology. 2nd ed. New York: Continuum, 2007, xii, 248. ISBN 9780826490186. info
  • PALMER, F. R. Semantics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, vi, 221. ISBN 0521283760. info
    not specified
  • HATCH, Evelyn and Cheryl BROWN. Vocabulary, semantics, and language education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xii, 468 s. ISBN 0-521-47942-8. info
  • Manuál lexikografie. Edited by František Čermák - Renata Blatná. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 283 s. ISBN 80-85787-23-7. info
  • CRUSE, D. A. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 310 s. ISBN 0521276438. info
  • GODDARD, Cliff. Semantic Analysis : a practical introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, xv, 411 s. ISBN 0-19-870017-2. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 93 s. ISBN 8021018879. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vii, 489. ISBN 0521401798. info
Teaching methods
Seminars including class discussions; homework; self-tests; reading assignments.
Teaching practice: Observation
Assessment methods
Assessment based on compulsory presence (80%), compulsory reading and performance at seminars.
Self-tests (e-learningová podpora) - pass mark 70%
Progress test - pass mark 70% Written test (70% pass mark) and oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1809 (denní studium); http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=699 (dálkové studium)
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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