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A2BK_LEXI Basics of Lexicology

Faculty of Education
spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature - Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of English Language and Literature - Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

A2BK_LEXI/OS01 Fri 17. 2. 13:00–14:20 učebna 10, Fri 24. 2. 13:00–14:20 učebna 10, Fri 2. 3. 13:00–14:20 učebna 10, Fri 16. 3. 13:00–14:20 učebna 10, Fri 23. 3. 13:00–14:20 učebna 10, R. Vogel
A2BK_LEXI/01 Mon 20. 2. 12:20–13:40 učebna 58, Mon 27. 2. 12:20–13:40 učebna 58, Mon 12. 3. 12:20–13:40 učebna 58, Mon 19. 3. 12:20–13:40 učebna 58, Mon 26. 3. 12:20–13:40 učebna 58, R. Vogel

Prerequisites

A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BP_POZK Qualifying Exam
Advanced or fluency level of English.

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE)
Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, B-SPE)

Course objectives

The course introduces the basic concepts of English word-formation, lexical semantics, semantic relations between lexical units, lexical cohesion and the development and stratification of the English word-stock.
At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and explain the main properties of and tendencies in the English lexis; they will be able to analyse lexical units in terms of their form, function, origin, meaning and use in various styles.

Syllabus

Syllabus
1. Introduction to lexicology. Word and lexeme.
2. Lexicography. Types of dictionaries. The structure of a dictionary entry. Dictionary definitions.
3. Lexical semantics. The meaning of a word: denotative and associative meanings.
4. Relations between lexical items. Polysemy and homonymy.
5. Historical semantics: changes in the meaning of words.
6. Sense relations: hyponymy, meronymy, synonymy and antonymy.
7. Lexical cohesion: lexical chains.
8. Word-formation: basic word-formation processes in English.
9. Word-formation: minor word-formation processes in English.
10. Origins and development of the English vocabulary. Variation in vocabulary choice.
11. Word classes in Modern English.
12. Phraseology.

Literature

required literature

VOGEL, Radek. Basics of Lexicology. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007. 97 pp. skriptum. ISBN 978-80-210-4272-8. info
Words, meaning and vocabulary :an introduction to modern English lexicology. Edited by Howard Jackson - Etienne Zé Amvela. 2nd ed. New York: Continuum, 2007. xii, 248 s. ISBN 0826490182. info

recommended literature

CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. vii, 489 s. ISBN 0-521-40179-8. info
PALMER, F. R. Semantics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. vi, 221 s. ISBN 0-521-28376-0. info
ADAMS, Valerie. An introduction to modern English word-formation. London: Longman, 1973. viii, 230. ISBN 0-582-55042-4. info
HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998. 93 s. ISBN 80-210-1887-9. info
VOGEL, Radek. Lexicology - e-learning course. 2005. URL info

not specified

HATCH, Evelyn and Cheryl BROWN. Vocabulary, semantics, and language education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xii, 468 s. ISBN 0-521-47942-8. info
Manuál lexikografie. Edited by František Čermák - Renata Blatná. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1995. 283 s. ISBN 80-85787-23-7. info

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