| Course title | Cognitive Semiotics |
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| Course code | KOL/CGS |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | Czech, English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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First module: Antecedents to Cognitive Semiotics. -Uexk¨ull, Lotman, Sebeok -Semiotics and Phenomenology Second module: Naturalization of Semiotics. -What does it mean to naturalize a discipline? -The biosemiotic turn in semiotics Third module: Mental Phenomena Examined by Semiotics. -Symbolic species -Semiotic hierarchies Fourth module: Moving forward with CogSem. -Experimental semiotics
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The student will become acquainted with the main points of the subdiscipline of cognitive semiotics, its background theories and context and its general application. After the course, students will be conversant in cognitive semiotics and will be able to research more specific areas related to the discipline individually.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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The evaluation of this course will be comprised of two paper presentations on a topic chosen by the student from the material studied throughout the seminar. The evaluation will take into account the accuracy of the concepts presented, the relevance of the chosen topic and the development of an argument from premises to conclusions. The papers and presentations will be worth 35% and 65% of the grade respectively. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics and Theory of Communication (2014) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2022) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |