FF:IJIA022 Ital. Semantics and Lexicology

IJIA022 Italian Semantics and Lexicology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Mon 13:20–14:55 B32

Prerequisites (in Czech)

IJIA005 Practical Italian II && IJIA015 Practical Italian IV

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

Basic notions and problems in semantics illustrated mainly on Italian linguistic material.

Syllabus

Basic notions in semantics (langue, parole, code, sign, signifiant, signifié, etc.); theory of tropes (Aristotle, Vico, Ullmann); classification of semantic changes; homonymy, polysemy; antonymy, synonymy; paronymy, popular etymology; doublets, etc.

Literature

BRÉAL, Michel. Essai de sémantique. Science des significations. Paris, 1897. info
SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Cours de linquistique générale. Paris: Éditions Payot, 1993, 520 s. ISBN 2-228-88165-1. info
ULLMANN, Stephen. La semantica : introduzione alla scienza del significato. Bologna: Società editrice il Mulino, 1966. info
DE MAURO, Tullio. Introduzione alla semantica. Bari, 1965. info
GUIRAUD, Pierre. La sémantique. Paris, 1964. info
OGDEN, Charles Kay and I.A. RICHARDS. Il significato del significato. Milano, 1966. info
DARDANO, Maurizio. La formazione delle parole nell'itaiano di oggi. Roma, 1978. info
MIGLIORINI, Bruno. Parole e storia. Milano, 1975. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Zápočet - písemný test nebo ústní pohovor. Účast na přednášce i semináři je nepovinná.

Language of instruction

Italian

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.