AJ5_LEXI Lexicology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Hladký, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
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
Analyses of texts, exercises, students reports on lexicological issues, on the recent development in lexis. Constant regard is to be paid to the comparison of Czech and English.
Syllabus
  • The course in lexicology provides a basic foundation for the understanding of the word-formation processes in English, the meanings of the word in context, the sense relations between lexical units, the lexical cohesive relations and the stratification of the English vocabulary.
Literature
  • VIERECK, Wolfgang and Karin VIERECK. Encyklopedický atlas anglického jazyka. Edited by Heinrich Ramisch - Marek Nekula, Translated by Andrea Fischerová. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 299 s. ISBN 8071065692. info
  • PEPRNÍK, Jaroslav. English lexicology. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2001, 186 s. ISBN 8024402653. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 93 s. ISBN 8021018879. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vii, 489. ISBN 0521401798. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: přednáška
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006.
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