FF:CJJ09 Semantics and Lexicology - Course Information

CJJ09 Modern Czech Semantics and Lexicology

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Michaela Hulmanová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

CJJ01 Language - Proseminar

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 85 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/85, only registered: 0/85, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/85

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Abstract

The aim of this course is to introduce basic notions and procedures of semantic and lexical analysis to the students and teach them to think about meanings of natural-language expressions from a formal perspective. Consequently, the student should be able to apply these notions to describe semantic and lexical structures in natural language. We will focus on linguistic phenomena that demonstrate the complexity of lexical meanings as well as on how meanings of individual parts combine into larger semantic wholes.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- understand basic notions of semantic analysis
- understand basic principles of the modeling of meaning
- define truth-conditions of natural-language sentences
- apply formal methods to the analysis of the meanings of words, sentences and compositional operations
- understand the differences between the lexical and compositional semantics and pragmatics of linguistic expressions

Key topics

• 1. Theories of meaning
• 2. Lexicon structure
• 3. Compositionality
• 4. Reference
• 5. Predication
• 6. Modification
• 7. Quantification
• 8. Event semantics
• 9. Modality
• 10. Presupposition and implicatures

Study resources and literature

• CRUSE, D. A. Lexical semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, xiv, 310. ISBN 052125678X. info
• KEARNS, Kate. Semantics. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xii, 269. ISBN 9780230232297. info
• PORTNER, Paul. What is meaning? : fundamentals of formal semantics. 1st pub. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005, ix, 235. ISBN 9781405109178. info
• Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, Strana 110. ISBN 9788074224829. info
• Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Miroslav Grepl - Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 799 s. ISBN 8071063037. info
• ČERMÁK, František. Lexikon a sémantika. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010, 357 stran. ISBN 9788074220203. info

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

The methods used include lecture, class discussion, reading assigned papers.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

Requirements for the successful completion of the course: 1) systematic and active attendance, 2) min 20 points for interim tests and assignments. Assignments: 1 assignment = 2 points, number of assignments per term: 4, max 8 points. Tests: 1 test = max 8 points, number of tests per term: 3, max 24 points. Total: 32 points.
Rating scale:
30-32: A
28-29: B
25-27: C
23-24: D
20-22: E
0-19: F

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

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