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Lecturer(s)
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Matlach Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Benešová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Faltýnek Dan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Zámečník Hadwiger Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Methods of empirical research (Lukáš Zámečník) ˘ the notion of science, terminology and stages of empirical research, induction and deduction, choosing an appropriate sample, methods of data collecting. ˘ the notion of hypothesis, how to formulate a testable hypothesis, hypothesis types and the basics of their verification. 2. The Acquisition of (Slavonic) languages: psycholinguistic approach (Marek Nagy) ˘ Studies in acquisition of the Czech morphonology: the case of consonantal alternations ˘ Studies in acquisition of the Czech word-formation: the case of composition 3. Biosemiotics: grammar desrciption of DNA and protein synthesis (Dan Faltýnek) ˘ contemporary description of proteosynthesis; regularity of semiotic understanding of proteosynthesis, DNA, processes in living shapes, etc. ˘ determination the arbitrary borderline between expression and content sets of DNA and proteosynthesis semiosis formulate concept of double articulation manifested in the structure of the expression set; linguistic and lexico-statistical methods in analysing text and DNA/proteosynthesis, characteristics of language/text/DNA/proteosynthesis, etc. in relation to theory of information and communication 4. Quantitative approach to text analysis (Martina Benešová) ˘ the methodology of the algorithm of quantitative processing a linguistic text sample; the hypotheses formulation; the gained outputs of the particular experiments are to be compared to other methods of quantitative linguistics and will undergo statistical validity testing
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The first part of the course serves as an introduction to the basic methodology of empirical research. Participants get acquainted with the basic terminology, methods of empirical research and basic tools of statistics, which can be applied in quantitative as well as qualitative research. The second part of the course presents main topics, methods and approaches in general of psycholinguistic research with specific focus on problem of language acquisition. The third part of the course provides a basic introduction to history and present state of biosemiotics. Topics of individual classes cover selected schools of biosemiotics, theories or approaches, and selected prominent personalities of biosemiotics. The aim of the last part is to mention and to have some specific methods of quantitative linguistics applied in a practical way. It is above all about those which relate e.g. to frequency analysis, Zipf laws. The lecture is in English and it is determined for ERASMUS students!
Knowledge of the basic terminology, methods of empirical research and basic tools of statistics, which can be applied in quantitative as well as qualitative research. Knowledge of the main topics, methods and approaches of psycholinguistic research with specific focus on problem of language acquisition Basic overview in history and present state of biosemiotics Knowledge of the specific methods of quantitative linguistics applied in a practical way.
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Prerequisites
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knowledge of English
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Dialog, Seminar Work
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Recommended literature
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Aitchison, J. (2003). Words in the Mind. Blackwell.
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Alex Rosenberg. (2005). Philosophy of Science.
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Barbieri, M. (2007). Introduction to Biosemiotics: The New Biological Synthesis. Dordrecht.
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Deely, J. (1990). Basics of Semiotics. Bloomington.
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Field, J. (2004). Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts. London and New York: Routledge.
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Hřebíček, L. (1997). Lectures on Text Theory. Praha.
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Hřebíček, L. (2000). Variation in Sequences. Praha.
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Chandler, Daniel. (2007). The Basic Semiotics. London and New York.
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Van Fraassen, B. C. (2002). The Empirical Stance. Boston.
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