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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Basic units: lexeme, lexical unit/item, lemma, word, word forms. 2. Compositionality: semantic opacity / idiosyncrasy, conventionality, lexical / syntactic fixedness. 3. Collocations: selectional restrictions, naturalness, idiomatic language. 4. Working with dictionaries: types of dictionaries, structure of a dictionary entry. Corpus- / AI-based tools. 5. Word meaning: descriptive (propositional) versus non-descriptive (non-truth conditional) meaning. Sense and reference, denotation, connotation, associations. Register, dialect. 6. Componential analysis of meaning: semantic features (necessary, sufficient), semantic fields. 7. Paradigmatic lexical relations: hyponymy, meronymy, sameness of meaingn (synonymy), oppositness of meaning (antonymy). 8. Ambiguity and vagueness: (linear) polysemy, homonymy. 9. Figurative uses: literal vs. figuratie language. Metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche. 10. Change of meaning: history of English. generalization, specialization, pejoration, amelioration, euphemism, dysphemism, taboo.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic), Group work, Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
- Semestral Work
- 26 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces basic issues, concepts and terminology essential to the study of the English lexicon. It adopts a contrastive approach reflecting the practical needs of translators and interpreters.
- concepts and terminology essential to a) the English lexicon and its structure, b)lexical semantics
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Prerequisites
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UJ00 Introduction into linguistics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
1. Homework assignments, completing assigned tasks, active participation in seminar discussions (max. 2 absences). 2. Project preparation and presentation.
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Recommended literature
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Algeo, J., & Pyles, T. (2005). The origins and development of the English language. Boston, Mass: Thomson Wadsworth.
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Baker, Mona. (1992). In Other Words. A coursebook on translation. . London and New York.
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Cruse, D. A. (2004). Meaning in language: an introduction to semantics and pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Knittlová, D. (2010). Překlad a překládání. Olomouc.
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Nida, Eugene. (1975). Componential Analysis of Meaning.
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Radford et al. (2009). Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
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Saeed, John. (2019). Semantics..
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