PdF:NJ_G400 Lexicology and Stylistics - Course Information
NJ_G400 Lexicology and Stylistics of German
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Prerequisites
- Knowledge of German at B1 level (CEFR). No certificate needed. Not for students in 1st and 2nd term of Bachelor Studies.
- 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
- there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The lecture introduces different aspects of German vocabulary and the main areas of research in lexicology. It focuses on the features of lexical units, their mutual relationships and on stylistic values of words/lexemes. A contrast to the Czech, Slowak and English and the importance of acquired knowledge for teaching are presented consistently throughout the lecture.
- Learning outcomes
- After successful completion, the student can:
- describe the vocabulary system;
- recognise and analyse exical units in a German text and compare them with other languages;
- explain the role of lexicology, word formation and stylistics in teaching. - Syllabus
- Lexikology and its fields
- Lexical (lexem x lex x word)
- “Lexicological” units (phraseme as a special case of lexeme, “onyms”)
- Nomination (new coinage, sematic derivation, borrowings)
- Word formation as a Nomination
- Compounds, derivations, abbreviations and clippings
- Gender by word formation
- Diminutives in Czech, German and English
- German proper names, problematic fields in learning
- Stylistic stratification of the German word stock: horizontal (regional) and vertical aspects
- Stylistic stratification in dictionaries
- Literature
- required literature
- KÁŇA, Tomáš. Wortbildung: Umriss der Theorie mit Aufgaben und Übungen. 2., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. Elportál. ISBN 978-80-210-5989-4. html url epub info
- KÁŇA, Tomáš. LEXIKOLOGIE Struktur des Faches mit Aufgaben und Übungen (Lexicology. Basic Knowledge with Tasks and Practice). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. 2. verze. URL URL info
- recommended literature
- MALÁ, Jiřina. Stilistische Textanalyse: Grundlagen und Methoden (Stylistic Analysis of Text: base and methods). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 146 pp. Spisy MU v Brně, Filozofická fakulta, č. 385. ISBN 978-80-210-5040-2. info
- UHROVÁ, Eva. Grundlagen der deutschen Lexikologie. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 136 s. ISBN 8021027940. info
- FLEISCHER, Wolfgang, Irmhild BARZ and Marianne SCHRÖDER. Wortbildung der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995, 382 pp. info
- SCHIPPAN, Thea. Lexikologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1992, x, 306 s. ISBN 3-484-73002-1. info
- SANDIG, Barbara. Stilistik der deutschen Sprache. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1986, 368 s. ISBN 3110041855. info
- not specified
- BARZ, Irmhild. Wortbildung - praktisch und integrativ : ein Arbeitsbuch. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2002, 187 s. ISBN 3631389973. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with slides, e-learnig (Syllabus in IS MUNI) with overview
- Assessment methods
- 1) Written test: at least 5 points required for the oral part of the examination.
2) Oral examination - Language of instruction
- German
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý druhý týden v kombinované formě.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin v kombinované formě. - Teacher's information
- In order to master the material and succeed in the exam, we urgently recommend enrolling in NJ_G411 Exercises in Lexicology and Word Formation, in which the presented material is practically discussed and there is room for discussion.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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