Course: Semantics

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Course title Semantics
Course code KRF/SEMV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction French
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bidaud Samuel Henri, doc. PhD.
Course content
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

Learning activities and teaching methods
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
Learning outcomes
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
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
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.
Recommended literature
  • Černý, J. - Holeš, J. (2004). Sémiotika. Praha.
  • de Saussure, F. (1996). Kurs obecné lingvistiky.. Praha.
  • Ducháček, O. (1967). Précis de sémantique française. . Brno.
  • Holeš, J. (2002). Francouzská sémantika. Olomouc.
  • Tamba-Mecz. (1998). La sémantique. Paris.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French for translation and interpreting (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer