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Lecturer(s)
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Bidaud Samuel Henri, doc. PhD.
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Course content
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1. Semantic relations in the lexicon 2. The Saussurean sign and structural semantics 3. Prototype semantics 4. When sound reflects meaning: phonosymbolism 5. "Meaning in movement": the psychomechanics of language 6. How words change meaning 7. Pragmatics 8. The meaning of dreams 9. The meaning of characters' names
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 50 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the seminar is to familiarize the audience with the basic concepts of traditional and modern semantics, or semiotics, with the emergence and development of the discipline and the main areas of semantic, or semiotic research. Emphasis is placed on the issue of the linguistic sign in the structuralist concept. The main types of meaning changes in the French lexicon will be explained.
- ability to understand basic terms and concepts from the field of semantics - ability to read and critically accept texts from the field of French semantics
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Oral exam, Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student
The condition for successful completion of the course is active participation, and fulfillment of all requirements set by the teacher during the semester.
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Recommended literature
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Černý, J. - Holeš, J. (2004). Sémiotika. Praha.
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de Saussure, F. (1996). Kurs obecné lingvistiky.. Praha.
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Ducháček, O. (1967). Précis de sémantique française. . Brno.
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Holeš, J. (2002). Francouzská sémantika. Olomouc.
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Tamba-Mecz. (1998). La sémantique. Paris.
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