LgV11 Axiomatic Functionalism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of linguistic concepts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course wants to introduce students to a linguistic approach known as Axiomatic Functionalism (AF) which follows the tradition of Ferdinand de Saussure, Prague School and above all functionalism of the French linguist André Martinet.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able
- to explain the differences between AF and other structuralist and functionalist approaches
- to assess where AF is more effective in explaining linguistic problems and where not
- to summarize and formulate the principles of this approach
- to apply them to morphology, syntax and semantics
Syllabus
  • Axiomatic Functionalism in the context of world linguistics
  • Linguistic theory and metodology of description
  • The use of the set theory in linguistic description
  • Classification of semiotic systems and the theory of sign
  • Morphological analysis and the problem of so-called cranberry morphemes
  • Synonymy, homonymy, allomorphy
  • Syntax
  • Sentence and sentential level
Literature
  • Hervey, Sándor. 1979. Axiomatic Semantics. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • Mulder, Jan. 1989. Foundations of Axiomatic Linguistics. Berlin - New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
  • BIČAN, Aleš. Phonotactics of Czech. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2013, 343 pp. Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes - Volume 81. ISBN 978-3-631-63136-2. info
  • BIČAN, Aleš and Paul RASTALL. Axiomatic Functionalism – History, philosophy and contributions to the approach. In Axiomatic Functionalim: Theory and Application (eds. Aleš Bičan - Paul Rastall). Bern: peter Lang, 2011, p. 1-54. ISBN 978-3-0343-1033-8. info
  • MULDER, J. W. F. and Sándor G. J. HERVEY. The strategy of linguistics : papers on the theory and methodology of axiomatic functionalism. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1980, v, 236. ISBN 070730248X. info
Teaching methods
seminars, discussion, presentations
Assessment methods
active participation in the course, presentation, essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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