AJ3BP_LEXI Lexicology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable
Thu 7:55–9:35 učebna 57
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
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.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: SEMINARS Week 1 Introduction and bibliographical information. Lexicology as a linguistic discipline. The act of naming. Naming unit - conventionality and universality. Linguistic sign, its types and properties. Reference and denotation. Week 2 Semantic nucleus, semantic environment, semantic/lexical field. Classification of meaning. Conceptual and associative meaning. Change of meaning (extension, restriction, pejoration, amelioration). Week 3 Inflectional and derivational morphology. Morphemes - free and bound. Root, affix, stem. Week 4 Compounding coordinate and subordinate, endocentric and exocentric compounds. Week 5 Derivation. Back formation. Conversion. Abbreviation: clippings, acronyms, blends. Week 6 Collocations/word groups and phraseological units. Lexical chains. Week 7 Semantic relationships between lexical units (sense relations): polysemy, homonymy, hyponymy, synonymy and antonymy (complementarity, converseness). Week 8 Language figures: metaphor, metonymy, simile, taboo, euphemism, dysphemism, understatement, hyperbole, synechdoche, litotes. Loan words. Week 9 Form classes - nouns. Number, countability, definiteness, case, gender. Week 10 Form classes - adjectives. Central and peripheral adjectives. Stative and dynamic adjectives. Gradability. Week 11 Form classes - pronouns. Reference - anaphora, cataphora, exophora/deixis. Adverbs. Week 12 Form classes - verbs. Transitivity. Stative and dynamic verbs. Tense, voice, aspect, mood. Week 13 Final test. Colloquy. Bibliography: Hladký, Josef Růžička, Milan: A Functional Onomatology of English. Masarykova univerzita, Brno 1998. Vachek, Josef: A Linguistic Characterology of Modern English. (3. přeprac. vydání Clare Krojzlová a Josef Hladký). Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, Praha 1990. Vachek, Josef: Chapters from Modern English Lexicology and Stylistics. SPN, Praha/Bratislava 1974. Mathesius, Vilém: A Functional Analysis of Present Day English on a General Linguistic Basis. Transl. by Libuše Dušková. Academia, Praha 1975. Crystal, David: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge University Press 1995. Čermák, František: Jazyk a jazykověda. Nakladatelství Karolinum, Praha 2001. Peprník, J.: English Lexicology. UP, Olomouc. Cruse, D.A.: Lexical Semantics. Cambridge University Press 1986, 1991. Bolinger, Dwight - Sears, Donald A.: Aspects of Language. Third Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers 1968, 1981. McCarthy, Michael: Vocabulary. Oxford University Press 1990. Palmer, Frank Robert: Semantics. (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, first published 1976. Adams, Valerie: An introduction to modern English word-formation. Longman, London 1973. English language series, no. 7. Radford, A. - Atkinson, M. Britain, D. Clahsen, H. Spencer, A.: Linguistics. An Introduction. Cambridge University Press 1999. Hasan, Rugaiya - Halliday, M.A.K.: Language, context and text: Aspects of language in a social-semiotic perspective. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press 1990. Halliday, M.A.K.: Language as social semiotic. Edward Arnold 1978. Čermák, F. - Blatná, R. a kol.: Manuál lexikografie. Nakladatelství H&H, 1995.
Literature
  • HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 93 s. ISBN 8021018879. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. English as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, x, 150 s. ISBN 0-521-59247-X. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 3. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 131 s. ISBN 8021014261. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef. A functional onomatology of English. 2. rozš. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 107 s. ISBN 8021011351. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vii, 489. ISBN 0521401798. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef. A functional onomatology of English. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 75 s. ISBN 8021009969. info
  • PEPRNÍK, Jaroslav. Anglická lexikologie. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1992, 192 s. ISBN 8070670908. info
  • VACHEK, Josef. A linguistic characterology of modern English. Edited by Josef Hladký - Clare Krojzlová. 3., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 138 s. ISBN 8021001100. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vii, 472. ISBN 0521264383. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of language. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vii, 472. ISBN 0521264383. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Final test (65% to pass) consisting of - - defining basic lexicological and semantic concepts - analysing morphology of English lexical units - commenting on differences between English and Czech lexicon Seminar presentation covering a selected topic according to the syllabus. Minimum 80% attendance.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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