NJII_989 Semantics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–14:55 L32
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the language system; a passed examination in "Introduction into Linguistics" required.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the theories of a language sign (de Saussure, Peirce, Jakobson), explain the para- and syntagmatical relationships among the (context bound) language signs and will be able to understand and interpret these relationships in a text.
Syllabus
  • Theory:
  • semiotics and semantics; semantics in the philology;
  • the language sign of de Saussura, Peirce and Jakobson;
  • signifé x signifiant (icony, index, symbol and subcategories);
  • paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships on all levels (phonetic to text)
Literature
  • SCHWARZ-FRIESEL, Monika and Jeannette CHUR. Semantik :ein Arbeitsbuch. 3., unveränderte Aufl. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 2001, 223 s. ISBN 3-8233-4951-1. info
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Satzsemantik : Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-den-Zeilen-Lesens. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1988, 389 s. ISBN 3110119552. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
  • BREKLE, Herbert E. Semantik. Eine Einfuhrung in die sprachwissenschaftliche Bedeutungslehre. 3. vyd. Munchen: Fink, 144 s. ISBN 3-7705-1181-6. info
  • LUTZEIER, Peter Rolf: Lexikologie. Tübingen, 1995.
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Básnická sémantika :univerzitní přednášky Praha - Bratislava. Edited by Miroslav Procházka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 172 s. ISBN 80-7066-735-4. info
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Satzsemantik : Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-den-Zeilen-Lesens. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1988, 389 s. ISBN 3110119552. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Deutsche Grammatik : ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. 8., neubearbeitete Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1984, 737 s. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey. Semantics :the study of meaning. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1981, xii, 383 s. ISBN 0-14-013487-5. info
  • ULLMANN, Stephen. Semantik :eine Einführung in die Bedeutungslehre. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 1973. ISBN 3-10-882901-7. info
Teaching methods
presentation of papers; discussion on theories; practice on discussed features
Assessment methods
Credits for an oral paper presented in a seminar as well as for the active participation on seminars.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011.
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