AJ52020 Basic Issues in Cognitive Linguistics: Metaphors We Live By

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 12:30–14:05 G23
Prerequisites
None.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course provides an overview of The Contemporary Theory Metaphor, a central branch in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics, and applications of the CTM, especially in analyzing political rhetoric. In this course, we will go over selected chapters of Metaphors We Live By (Lakoff and Johnson 1980), followed by supplementary articles that demonstrate how this analytic framework can be applied to examine real-world language. Students will develop an individual project of their research interest. After taking this course, students will be equipped with basic skills of uncovering hidden conceptual and inferential patterns underlying real-world language via a CTM approach. In the individual project, the students are encouraged to work with their native language or languages of their major, including but not limited to Czech, Slovak and English. The course is taught in English.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Orientation Week (22 September). Week 2: Introduction and course overview (6 October). Week 3: Language, rhetoric and thought in politics (20 October) Presenters: Chaloupková (C-B 2007 Ch.1), Činovcová (C-B 2007 Ch.2), Ez-Zahrany (C-B 2011 Ch.1), Janečková (C-B 2011 Ch.2). Week 4: Metaphor in British political language (3 November) Presenters: Jirásek (C-B 2011 Ch.3), Kováčová (C-B 2011 Ch.7). Week 5: Metaphor in American political language (1 December) Presenters: Martinová (C-B 2011 Ch.4), Matis (C-B 2011 Ch.5), Michelová (C-B 2011 Ch.6), Petřík (C-B 2011 Ch.8), Pojetová (C-B 2011 Ch.10). Week 6: Metaphor in other parts of the world (15 December) Presenters: Vaverková (C-B 2007 Ch.4), Vinšová (C-B 2007 Ch.5), Výtisková (C-B 2007 Ch.9).
Teaching methods
A combination of lectures and class discussion. An individual written paper is required. A presentation (15 min) of a designated reading is required.
Assessment methods
- Final paper (ca. 5 pages, 60%), by 22 January. - Contribution to class discussion (20%) - Presentation of designated reading (20%) - Punctual attendance expected, with 1 unexcused absence tolerated.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
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