CJJ09 Modern Czech Lexicology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJJ09/01: Wed 8:00–9:40 D31, Z. Hladká
CJJ09/02: Fri 10:00–11:40 D51, Z. Hladká
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: 16/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
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Course objectives
The course is an introduction to lexicology, dealing also with elementary methodology and terminology. Attention is paid to the delimitation of lexical units, their form, meaning and usage, to the structure of the lexicon and tendencies in its development. From the viewpoint of methodology, both semasiological and onomatological approaches are introduced. Lexical semantics is stressed, detailed information about lexical onomatology is offered in another course on word-formation. Traditions and present-day state of Czech lexicography is also dealt with in the seminar. The aim of the course is to provider students an overview of information about knowledge gathered by |Czech and foreign lexicology-orientated linguistics, to teach them basic skills in lexical analysis and in effective using of dictionaries.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students get orientated in elementary issues of lexical onomasiology and semasiology, are able to conduct an independent lexicological/lexicographical analysis of assigned language materials, have an overview of variability of dictionaries of Czech and are able to use them effectively.
Syllabus
  • The course deals with several wider topics:
  • 1. Lexicology, its stratification and position within other linguistic disciplines
  • 2. A lexical unit and its delimitation
  • 3. Lexicon
  • 4. Investigating lexicon: elementary methodology, onomatology and semasiology
  • 5. Segmentation of vocabulary: proper nouns and appellative nouns, autosemantic and synsemantic words, concrete and abstract words etc.
  • 6. Lexical meaning: theoretical approaches, possibilities of lexicographic reflections.
  • 7. Paradigmatic semantic relations structuring the lexicon (synonymy, oppositeness, hyperonymy - hyponymy). Syntagmatic semantic relations.
  • 8. Polysemantic units and homonymy
  • 9. Tendencies of development ion Czech vocabulary
  • 10. Lexicography and its development in the Czech context, an overview of various kinds of Czech dictionaries and their use in practice
Literature
  • 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
  • FILIPEC, Josef and František ČERMÁK. Česká lexikologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1985, 281 s. URL info
  • DOLNÍK, Juraj. Lexikológia. 2., nezmen. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2007, 236 s. ISBN 9788022323086. info
  • František Čermák: Lexikon a sémantika. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010. 357s.
  • ČEJKA, Mirek. Česká lexikologie a lexikografie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 53 s. ISBN 8021003936. info
  • Manuál lexikografie. Edited by František Čermák - Renata Blatná. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 283 s. ISBN 80-85787-23-7. info
  • LYONS, John. Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977, xiv, 897. ISBN 0521215609. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey Neil. Semantics :the study of meaning. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981, xii, 383 s. ISBN 0-14-021694-4. info
  • NĚMEC, Igor. Vývojové postupy české slovní zásoby. Praha: Academia, 1968, 192 s. info
  • MARTINCOVÁ, Olga. Problematika neologismů v současné spisovné češtině. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1983. info
  • MARTINCOVÁ, Olga. Neologizmy v dnešní češtině. Praha: ÚJČ AV ČR, 2005, 248 s. ISBN 808649621X. 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
Teaching methods
The course consists of seminars during which students learn to carry out a lexical analysis of texts, to use secondary sources of information and to work with various kinds of dictionaries of Czech. A part of their seminar assignment relates to theory and practice of lexicographical work.
Assessment methods
The successful completion of the course requires the following seminar task: a/ the paper presentation on a selected type of a dictionary and possibilities of its using, b/ the lexicological analysis of the material intended for the Czech National Corpus, c/ working out selected lexicological problems /usually/ based on foreign literature. Requirements for the examination: the mastery of the course programme content, knowledge of the basic terminology and recommended literature. The examination is written. The test focuses both on the obtained knowledge and the ability of linguistic thinking.
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 2024, Spring 2025.
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