FPF:UCJCA090 Word and Lexis in English - Course Information
UCJCA090 Word and Lexis in English
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The lectures deal with the formative word-building as well as the question of the meaning of words in connection with their form and function in the text. The seminars focus on the systematic and practical application of the theory. Emphasis is on extensive work with lexis in connection with language varieties.
- Syllabus
- Syllabus of the lectures:
1. Contextual approach to lexical semantics
2. Grammar and lexicon
3. Semantics of words and contextual relations
4. Syntagmatic delimitations of lexical units
5. Paradigmatic delimitaton of lexical units
6. Word and its environment
7. Collocation
8. Polysemy
9. Lexical configuration: hierarchy, polarity, synonymy
10. General meaning and terminology
11. Lexico-semantic characteristics of specialized languages
12. Criteria of word selection when working with specialized languages
Syllabus of the seminars:
1. Types of meaning
2. Connotation and cultural association
3. Productive suffixes and word classes
4. Prefixes and creating new meanings
5. Phrasal verbs: two approaches
6. Collocations: adjective and noun, verb and adverb, adverb and adjective, verb and object
7. Word register: formal and informal, speech and writing, synonymy, outdated words
8. Professional language 1: Sciences
9. Professional language 2: Accounting
10. Professional language 3: Computing
11. Professional language 4: Technology
12. Professional language 5: Law
- Syllabus of the lectures:
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Written test
Paper for the seminar
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