Course: Lexicology

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Course title Lexicology
Course code KBH/CFLEX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hradilová Darina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Cruse, D. A. - Hundnurscher, F. 2002. Lexikologie. Lexicology. Berlin / New York: De Gruyter Mouton. Holliday, M. A. K. 2007. Lexicology. A Short Introduction. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Svobodová, D. 2011. Czech word-formation and vocabulary. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita. Svobodová, D. 2011. Foreign lexical borrowings in the Czech language. Ostrava: University of Ostrava. Čermák, F. 2010. Lexikon a sémantika. Praha: Nakladatelství LN. Hradilová, D. 2012. Kapitoly z české lexikologie. Olomouc: VUP.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Aims of the subject: presentation of the Czech vocabulary structure, of its basic units and their mutual relationships; understanding semantics of a word; systematic building students' lexical competence; to demonstrate how to use Czech dictionaries. Main topics: synonyms, oposites (antonyms), polysemantic words; marked and merkedless words and their recognizing; Czech phraseology and its usage; word-formation; Czech dictionaries (explanatory dictionary, etymological dictionary, phraseological dictionary).

Prerequisites
unspecified
KBH/CFEA2

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Didactic Test

Test, discussion over the test, lexical analysis of a text, exam according to predefined questions.
Recommended literature
  • Svobodová, D. Czech word-formation and vocabulary..


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): Czech for Foreigners (2024) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech for Foreigners (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer