PV122 Formal structure of natural language

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Peňáz (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:50 B410
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Doporučeno před zápisem Základu počítačové lingvistiky a Úvodu do korpusové lingvistiky.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the subject is (a) to introduce the students interested in the specialization towards the analysis of natural language into the methodology of the analysis of language as a sign system, (b) to explain the basic linguistic terminology, and thus (c) to make the special linguistic literature accessible for them.
Syllabus
  • Language and its function: communicative, conative, referential, phatic, expressive, aesthetic.
  • The sign nature and the systematic nature of language; semiology.
  • Phonology; the articulatory and acoustic features of phones.
  • Phonemics; phonem, phonological opposition, distinctive feature.
  • Morphology, grammatical categories of gender, number, case, person, tense, aspect, mood, voice; morphological typology of languages.
  • Formal syntax (descriptive, generative), functional syntax (dependence and case grammar).
  • Speech acts theory; textual linguistics.
  • Lexicology; semasiology, onomasiology; lexicography.
Literature
  • Úvod do studia jazyka. Edited by Jiří Černý. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1998, 243 s. ISBN 80-85839-24-5. info
  • MATERNA, Pavel, Karel PALA and Jiří ZLATUŠKA. Logická analýza přirozeného jazyka. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 143 s. ISBN 80-200-0027-5. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. O základech teorie jazyka. Translated by František Čermák. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 154 stran. info
  • LYONS, John. Introduction to theoretical linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968, x, 519. ISBN 0521095107. info
Assessment methods
Lectures and class discussion, occasionally homeworks. In case of excessive absence (more than 50% of scheduled class meetings) a special homework will be required. Final written test (100 minutes) during the examination period.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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