UZPOA108 Semantics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Iva Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
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 of Semantics is to make students acquainted with the backgrounds of general semantic problems such as the definition and explanation of basic terms (semantics, semiology, semiotics, onomaziology, semaziolgy, sign: significant, signifié, signification, denotatum, predication, argument, intension and extension. In the synchronic part various of the lexical-semantic transcription are illustrated. Other problems will be mentioned marginally – vagueness of meaning, strictness of meanings, stereotypes, polyssemic meanings, idiomatic phrases, onomatopoeic words, attributive and non attributive character of signs. We shall describe different theories and classification of semantic changes from a diachronic as well as a synchronic point of view. We shall analyze different categories of lexical-semantic description (synonymous, antonymous, polysemic and homonymic relation between the words). Students should be able to define basic terms of a linguistic discipline in question. When analyzing particular texts and exercises, he or she should be able to apply these terms and deduce from the observed phenomena the proper conclusions. At the end of this course, students will be able to deduce and explain the rules of basic (semantics phenomena and identify the deviations from the standard. He or she will be able justify and bring serious arguments to support his or her thesis. Eventually, he or she will be able to propose a solution in accord with the standard.
Syllabus
  • The linguistic sing and his characteristicEssence and typology of the sign; Traditional semantics
  • .Semantic of the clause
  • Synonym
  • . Antonym
  • Comparison
  • Homophones
  • intrusions
  • Analogies
  • .Onomatopoeias
  • Semantic camps
  • .Principals of the compatbility
  • the informative and pragmatic meaning
  • proposition
  • lexical relations in the paradigmatic axe, true - analytic and syntetic phrases
  • references and meanings
  • .Lewis strict impliation
  • . extension and intensions
  • denotation
  • lexical decomposition
  • predicate, predication, arguments
  • .
Literature
  • Maria Helena Mira Mateus, Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Caminho, Lisboa 1989
  • Macário Lopes, ANa Cristina, Semántica, Caminho, Lisboa, 2007.
  • Portuguęs, Língua Activa, Mendes Silva, Tcorema, Lisboa, 1993
  • Silva, Mendes, Português, Língua Viva, Teorema, Lisboa, 1993.
  • Ferdinand de Saussure, Kurs obecné lingvistiky, Academia, 1996
  • Jiří Černý, Dějiny lingvistiky, Votobia Olomouc, 1996
  • Neves, Orlando, Dicionário de Expressões correntes, Editorial Notícias, Lisboa, 2006.
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 3., doplněné. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 341 stran. ISBN 8024601540. info
  • ERHART, Adolf. Úvod do jazykovědy. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 200 s. ISBN 8021026693. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: exposition and definitions of basic terms and their exemplification on different types of specific text (recordings), proceeding from diverse registers. During the seminar a regular preparation es mandatory. On of the part of the seminar is formed alos by a work with dictionaries, with authentic materials of spoken and written european portuguese language, elaboration of grammar exercices.
Assessment methods
The course is taught as both lectures and seminars. Attendance and participation in the course (min 75%). Exam: oral exam (/written) based on the exposed and commented items and practical analysis of a text.
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: Předmět se vyučuje každý lichý týden po čtyřech učebních hodinách.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010.
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