FJ3055 French Lexicology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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 aim of the course Lexicology is to acquire basic knowledge about vocabulary development, its development, enrichment and changes with focus on the creation and meaning of words (lecture) that are practiced in seminars.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students are able to: interpret basic lexical concepts, apply basic knowledge on the problems of contemporary vocabulary, of its sources, development, enrichment and changes in the view of general linguistics and socio-linguistics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sourses of vocabulary, historical development. 2. Doublets, loan-words. 3. Word formation: derivation, composition. 4. Word formation: change of grammar category, abbreviations, acronyms. 5. Generalisation of proper names. 6. Paronyms. Homonyms. 7.Synonyms and periphrases. 8. Metaphor and metonymy. 9. Antonyms. 10. Etymology of word connections.
Literature
    required literature
  • GAUDIN, François and Louis GUESPIN. Initiation à la lexicologie française : de la néologie aux dictionnaires. 1re édition. Bruxelles: Duculot, 2000, 355 stran. ISBN 280111264X. info
  • POLICKÁ, Alena. Initiation a la lexicologie francaise (Initiation to French Lexicology). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 160 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7510-8. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • WALTER, Henriette. Francouzština známá i neznámá. 1. vyd. Praha: Jan Kanzelsberger, 1993, 323 s. ISBN 8085387158. info
    recommended literature
  • CLAS, A. Visages du français. Variétés lexicales de l'espace francophone. 1. vyd. Paris, London : John Libbey-Eurotext, 1990. 206 s. ISBN 0-86196-259-1.
  • DEPECKER, L. Les mots de la francophonie. 1. vyd. Paris : Editions Belin, 1990. 397 s. ISBN 2-7011-1305-9.
  • DEPECKER, L. Guide des mots francophones. 1. vyd. Paris : Editions Seuil, 1999. 188 s. ISBN 2-02-033999-4.
  • GOUDAILLIER, J.-P. Comment tu tchatches. 1. vyd. Paris : Maisonneuve et Larose, 1998. 263 s. ISBN 2-70.
  • WALTER,H. Le français dans tous les sens. 1. vyd. Paris : Robert Lafond, 1988. 384 s. ISBN 2-221-05254-4.
  • DUMAREST, Danièle and Marie-Hélene MORSEL. Les mots : origine, formation, sens. Grenoble: Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 2017, 256 stran. ISBN 9782706126352. info
  • Niklas-Salminen, A. (2015). La lexicologie. 2e édition. Paris: Armand Colin.
  • Lexíque, lexíques : théories, méthodes et perspectives en lexicologie, lexicographie, terminologie et phraséologie. Edited by Giovanni Tallarico - Pierluigi Ligas. Verona: QuiEdit, 2013, 219 s. ISBN 9788864642208. info
  • POLGUÈRE, Alain. Lexicologie et sémantique lexicale : notions fondamentales. Nouv. éd. Montréal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2008, 303 s. ISBN 9782760620155. info
  • PICOCHE, Jacqueline. Précis de lexicologie française : l´étude et l´enseignement du vocabulaire. Nouvelle édition revue et m. Paris: Nathan, 1992, 191 s. ISBN 209190547X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminary.
Assessment methods
Ending: colloquium Active participation (min. 70%), continuous homeworks, final discussion.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium 8 hod. konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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