AJPV_STLE Selected topics in Lexicology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJPV_STLE/01: Mon 13:55–15:35 učebna 12, R. Vogel
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to examine more thoroughly some issues related to the English lexis, often in comparison with Czech and other languages. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand, interpret and apply correctly selected linguistic phenomena, such as the semantic relations between lexical items, lexical hierarchies and other lexical configurations, semantic analysis, productive word-formation processes in present-day English, stylistic synonyms, scientific terminologies, professional jargons, lexical change, etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. Lexicology and its principal concepts.
  • 2. Word vs. lexeme.
  • 3. Semantic analysis.
  • 4. Semantic relations between lexical items.
  • 5. Lexical hierarchies and other lexical configurations.
  • 6. Synonymy; stylistic synonyms.
  • 7. Oppositeness.
  • 8. Productive word-formation processes in present-day English.
  • 9. Scientific terminologies.
  • 10. Professional jargons.
  • 11. Lexical change.
  • 12. Contact between languages. Lexical borrowing.
Literature
    required literature
  • CRUSE, D. A. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: University Press, 1991, 310 s. ISBN 0-521-27643-8. info
    recommended literature
  • LIPKA, Leonard. An outline of English lexicology :lexical structure, word semantics, and word-formation. 2nd ed. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1992, xi, 212 s. ISBN 3-484-41003-5. info
  • JACKSON, Howard and Etienne ZÉ AMVELA. Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology. 2nd ed. New York: Continuum, 2007, xii, 248. ISBN 9780826490186. info
  • PEPRNÍK, Jaroslav. English lexicology. Olomouc: Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Palackého, 2004. info
  • VOGEL, Radek. Basics of Lexicology. 3. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 97 pp. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-210-4272-8. info
    not specified
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. English vocabulary in use. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, vi, 309. ISBN 0521677432. info
Teaching methods
Seminar discussions; solving practical tasks using task sheets and texts; homework - reading.
Assessment methods
Attendance - minimum 80%.
Active work in seminars.
Final written assignment.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
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