AJ22096 Basic Issues in Cognitive Linguistics: Metaphors We Live By

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
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
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
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
Thu 15:50–17:25 N43
Prerequisites
None.
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
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Course objectives
This course provides an overview of The Contemporary Theory Metaphor, a central branch in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics, and some possible applications of the CTM. 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 CTM 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
  • Week 1: Introduction Week 2: What is cognitive linguistics Week 3: Cognitive semantic analysis (up and down, in and out) Week 4: Metaphor in literature (Guest lecture: Barbara Dancygier) Week 5: Metaphorical coherence Week 6: Metaphor and critical discourse analysis (Guest lecture: Christoph Hart) Week 7: Metaphor in society and politics Week 8: Cognitive linguistic approach to translation (Guest lecture: Elzbieta Tabakowska) Week 9: Mid-term presentation Week 10: Metaphor in time Week 11: Tutorials Week 12: Final presentation
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 2018.
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