NJ_G411 Lexicology and Word Formation - Practicle Usage

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of Other Foreign Languages – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of Other Foreign Languages – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
This is a support course for those, who have singned in NJ_G400 Lexicology and Stylistics of German.
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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Abstract
Expansion of vocabulary; Practicing common collocations and chunks; individual approaches to voabulary stratification
Learning outcomes
After successful completion, the student will be able to
- describe and practically apply paradigmatic (synonymy, opposition etc.) and syntagmatic (esp. collocations) relationships in vocabulary;
- explain these using examples in authentic texts;
- describe individual word formation elements and apply them creatively in a context;
- apply tools for practical lexical usge.
Key topics
  • A text and words in it – a primitive and scientific approach
  • Why making distinction between "word" and "lexeme"
  • Menus as a source of lexical material
  • Guessing hobby: typical vocabulary (word fields and collocations)
  • What can proper names tell us and how to to "translate" them
  • Word formation: system and creativity
  • Compound words: dominoes
  • Derivatives: opposites, little things, big things, opposite sex/gender, etc.
  • "Killing Abbreviations"
  • Phrases and phrasemes: eternal problems
  • Where to get mor information and “help yourself”
  • Making your own vocabulary aids
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Lutzeier, Peter Rolf: Lexikologie. Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 1995.
  • KÁŇA, Tomáš. Sprachkorpora in Unterricht und Forschung DaF/DaZ (Corpuses in Teaching and Researching German as a Foreign Language). Online. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 244 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7748-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-7748-2014. Čítárna Munispace info
  • Fachlexikon Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Edited by Hans Barkowski - Hans-Jürgen Krumm. Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 2010, x, 370. ISBN 9783772083228. info
  • AMMON, Ulrich. Variantenwörterbuch des Deutschen : die Standardsprache in Österreich, der Schweiz und Deutschland sowie in Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Ostbelgien und Südtirol. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2004, lxxv, 954. ISBN 3110165759. info
  • SCHIPPAN, Thea. Lexikologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1992, x, 306 s. ISBN 3-484-73002-1. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
games, class discussion, exercises; search in corpora
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
active participation, regular preparation for the lesson (incl. preparation and submission of prepared materials)
Alternate completion
set of exercises (3 themes: lexicology, word-formation, stylistics) submitted after returning for a study stay
Language of instruction
German
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/podzim2026/NJ_G411/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý druhý týden v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
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