AJ22096 Basic Issues in Cognitive Linguistics: Metaphors We Live By

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:40 G23
Prerequisites
Students are expected to be fluent in English to conduct proper discussion.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course provides an overview of The Conceptual Metaphor Theory, a central branch in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics, and some possible applications of the CMT. In this course, we will go over some selected chapters of Metaphors We Live By (Lakoff and Johnson 1980), followed by supplementary articles that demonstrate how this analytic framework can be applied to examine real-world language. Students will develop an individual project of their research interest and will present it in-class. After taking this course, students will be equipped with basic skills of uncovering hidden conceptual and inferential patterns underlying real-world language via a CMT approach. The students are encouraged to work with their native language or languages of their major, including but not limited to Czech, Slovak, English and Chinese. The course is taught in English.
Syllabus
  • Session 1: Course overview (24.9)
  • Session 2: Introduction to CMT (1.10)
  • Session 3: Metaphor and Culture (2.10)
  • Session 4: Cognitive Semantic Analysis of up/down and in/out (15.10)
  • Session 5: Translation in Cognitive Linguistics (22.10)
  • Session 6: Lexical Meaning and Metaphor (5.11)
  • Session 7: Music and Metaphor (6-7.11)
  • Session 8: Reading Week (12.11)
  • Session 9: Mid-term Presentation (19.11)
  • Session 10: Metaphor in Literature, Politics and Society (26.11)
  • Session 11: Tutorials (3.12)
  • Session 12: Final Presentation (10.12)
Teaching methods (in Czech)
A combination of lectures and discussions.
An individual project is required.
There will be presentations by professionals.
Assessment methods
- 12 one-page assignments (5% * 12 = 60%)
- Contribution to class discussion (20%)
- Mid-term and final presentation of own’s project (10% * 2 = 20%)
- Punctual attendance expected, with two excused absences tolerated.
- No late assignment accepted.
- No written exam or term paper, although the students are invited to turn in a write-up draft of their class project for the instructor’s comments if interested.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
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