FF:AJ22068 Semantics: Sentence Semantics - Course Information
AJ22068 Semantics: Sentence Semantics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2003
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková - Timetable
- Mon 11:40–13:15 35
- 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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Syllabus
- Semantics (as the study of meaning) is central to the study of communication. This seminar offers an introduction to some of the basic concepts of semantics. The range of the topics dealt with will cover the semantic structure of the sentence, the interrelation of syntax and semantics, case grammar, and selected semantic concepts (causativity, transitivity, agency, possession). This is an investigative seminar, designed for advanced students. It is aimed at encouraging an active approach on the part of students toward the subject matter. - syntax, semantics, pragmatics - the distinction between the level of cognitive content and the level of linguistic meaning - semantico-syntactic interface: the relations between grammatical sentence patterns and semantic sentence patterns - the hierarchical structure of the semantics of the sentence - semantic roles as generalizations of lexical meanings on a higher level of abstraction - anthropocentrism of syntax - case theory and the problem of language universals - transitivity dealt with in terms of causativity - the "static" semantic structure of the sentence versus the "dynamic" semantic structure of the sentence
- Literature
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2003, recent)
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