Course: Lexicology

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Course title Lexicology
Course code KNJ/LEX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pivoňková Barbora, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to lexicology, lexicology and its relationship to other linguistic disciplines. 2. The basic units of the vocabulary. Word, morpheme, lexeme. 3. Word-formation in German I. 4. Word-formation in German II. 5. Meaning and its structure. Connotation and denotation. Sem, semem. 6. Monosemes and polysemes. Homonyms. 7. Motivation of the meaning of the word. 8. Vocabulary in German, its structure and size. 9. Structure of German from a diatopic point of view. 10. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations in the vocabulary. 11. Phraseology: phrases as lexical units and their characteristics. 12. Changes in the vocabulary - neologisms, archaisms, change of meaning, borrowing of words.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 36 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to have knowledge of German language at the level B2 and higher
to have knowledge of basic linguistic terminology
Skills
to work independently with literature in foreign languages
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain the terms: morpheme, word, lexeme
to describe word meaning
to characterize meaning relations among German words
to describe the stratification of German vocabulary from the diatopic point of view
to explain the term idiom and to list its own features
to explain productive types of word formation in German
Skills
to derive the meaning of a word based on its structure
to apply knowledge of word formation to practice
to use selected synonyms in correct contexts
to use selected idioms
to use different types of dictionaries during text analysis
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Individual study
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Seminar
Skills demonstration
Task-based study method
Individual study
Multimedia supported teaching
Competences
Collaborative instruction
Individual study
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Continuous assessment
Test
Skills
Test
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Bußmann, H. Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. Stuttgart, 2008. ISBN 978-3520452047.
  • Donalies, E. Basiswissen Deutsche Wortbildung. Tübingen, 2011. ISBN 9783825235970.
  • Elsen, H. Grundzüge der Morphologie des Deutschen. Berlin/Boston, 2014. ISBN 978-3-11-035893-3.
  • Fleischer, W., Barz, I. Wortbildung der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. De Gruyter, 2012. ISBN 978-3-11-025663-5.
  • Hentschel, E. Basiswissen Deutsche Wortbildung. Tübingen, 2020. ISBN 9783825253677.
  • Kessel, K.; Reimann, S. Basiswissen Deutsche Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen, 2017. ISBN 9783825245276.
  • Lutzeier, P. R. Lexikologie. Ein Arbeitsbuch.. Tübingen, 2007.
  • Römer, C.; Sturm, A. Lexikologie. Tübingen, 2021. ISBN 978-3-8233-8177-8.
  • Römer, Christine. Lexikologie des Deutschen: eine Einführung. 2. Aufl. Tübingen : Gunter Narr Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-8233-6128-7.
  • Schippan, Thea. Lexikologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen, 2002. ISBN 3-484-73002-1.


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