IJIIA104 Italian Semantics and Lexicology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Alessandro Bitonti, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 G12
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with the basic notions and problems in Italian semantics and lexicology. At the end of the teaching activities the students should have a solid knowledge of the basic theories in semantics (see below, course contents), from the very first theories of tropes to contemporary semantic processes in Italian language. He/She should be able to make use of this knowledge in the analysis of linguistic material in his diploma thesis.
Syllabus
  • The course is about the main problems of Italian semantics and lexicology. Using the traditional concepts of the founders of the discipline (from Bréal to de Saussure), completed by the works by Hjelmslev, De Mauro and Ullmann, the course will try to give a definition of the basic terms and notions in semantics: semantics, semiotics, onomasiology, semasiology, sign, signifiant, signifié etc. The second part of the course focuses on the semantic relation among words (hyponims, hyperonims, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms etc.) and on the word-formation processes. The course will also deal with diachronical semantics focusing on the changes of meaning, their causes, process and consequences. Italian linguistic material will serve to illustrate metaphors, metonymies, synecdoches, popular etymology.
Literature
    not specified
  • 1. Ježek Elisabetta, 2011, Lessico. Classi di parole, strutture, combinazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino, ISBN 9788815232991.
  • 2. Berruto Gaetano, 1992, La semantica, Bologna, Zanichelli, ISBN 9788808024169.
  • 3. De Saussure Ferdinand, 2007, Kurs obecné lingvistiky, Edizione curata da Tullio De Mauro, Traduzione di František Čermák, Praha, Academia, ISBN 978-80-200-1568-6.
  • Supplementary material will be provided during the course.
Teaching methods
Lecture and practical activities: explanation, by the teacher, of the basic notions and problems and their application on appropriate linguistic material. The students who don't attend the courses have to set an alternative syllabus with the teacher.
Assessment methods
Oral test and discussion on the research materials. The students who don't attend the courses have to set an alternative syllabus with the teacher.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Určeno pro studenty navazujícího magisterského studia.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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