Contrastive Lexical Semantics

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Course ID:	3003-P1B1SL
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.304 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0232) Literature and linguistics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Contrastive Lexical Semantics
Name in Polish:	Leksykalna semantyka porównawcza
Organizational unit:	Institute of Polish Language
Course groups:	(in Polish) Minimum programowe specjalności: Literatura i kultura polska w perspektywie europejskiej i światowej (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla I roku specjalności LiKPwPEiŚ - stacjonarne 2-go stopnia (in Polish) Wszystkie przedmioty polonistyczne - oferta ILP (3001...) , IJP (3003...) i IPS (3007...)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	Students read critically texts of the comparative semantics, recognize basic facts for different levels of Polish language compared with the other languages.
Mode:	Blended learning
Short description:	The aim of the lecture is to present selected issues connected with comparative semantics. During the lecture the linguistics research methodologies will be discussed: structural (semantic fields theory, direct components analysis) and cognitive (the linguistic picture of the world, interpretative framework, conceptual metaphor). Research projects will be presented: EUROJOS and "Comparative lexical semantics". There will be also raised issues conneced with pragmatics in contrastive perspective.
Full description:	The course covers following issues: 1. History of linguistic and semantic study - main directions in semantics and their development. 2. Structural semantics: semantic fields, direct components analysis, structural definition. 3. Comparative study - basic issues. 4. Cognitive semantics: language as a cognitive phenomenon, the notion of connotation, embodied metaphor, interpretative framework theory. 5. Contemporary comparative semantics researches - fields, methodology, achievements. 6. Comparative semantics in practise: "Comparative lexical semantics" project and EUROJOS. 7. Names of colours in contrastive perspective. 8. Names of dimensions in contrastive perspective. 9. Seeing and thinking in contrastive perspective. 10. How to talk about emotions in various languages. 11. In semantic framework - problems with creating wordnets in various languages. 12. Interpretative framework in contrastive perspective. FrameNet project. 13. Metaphor and culture. 14. Pragmatics in contrastive perspective.
Bibliography:	Bartmiński J., 1988, Definicja kognitywna jako narzędzie opisu konotacji [w:] Konotacja, red. J. Bartmiński, Lublin. Bartmiński J., Chlebda W., 2008, Jak badać językowo-kulturowy obraz świata Słowian i ich sąsiadów, „Etnolingistyka” 20. Filar D., Głaz A., 1996, Obraz ręki w języku polskim i angielskim [w:] Językowa kategoryzacja świata, Lublin. Grzegorczykowa R., 1990, Pojęcie językowego obrazu świata [w:] Językowy obraz świata, red. J. Bartmiński, Lublin. Grzegorczykowa R., 2001, Wprowadzenie do semantyki językoznawczej, Warszawa – rozdział: Pojęcie językowego obrazu świata i sposoby jego rekonstrukcji. Grzegorczykowa R., Waszakowa K., 1998, O programie badań w zakresie porównawczej semantyki leksykalnej, [w:] Z polskich studiów slawistycznych, seria IX, Językoznawstwo, Warszawa. Jordanskaja L., Mielczuk I., 1988, Konotacja w semantyce lingwistycznej i leksykografii [w:] Konotacja, red. J. Bartmiński, Lublin. Kövecses Z., 1998, Kognitywny model gniewu, [w:] Językoznawstwo kognitywne. Wybór tekstów, red. W. Kubiński, R. Kalisz, E. Modrzejewska. Gdańsk. Lakoff G, Johnson M., 1988, Metafory w naszym życiu, Warszawa. Waszakowa K., 2009, Perspektywy badań porównawczych w zakresie semantyki leksykalnej w świetle językoznawczych teorii kognitywnych, „Ling Varia” IV (2009) nr 1 (7). Whorf B. L., 1971, Język, myśl, rzeczywistość, Warszawa. Wierzbicka A., 1999, Język —umysł — kultura, Warszawa.
Learning outcomes:	A student who has completed the course: - analyzes semantic structure of the Polish expressions in comparison with another languages, - implements discussed methodologies of semantic analysis, - recognizes the metaphore in the different types of discourse, - discusses the problems presented in the literature.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	- checking attendance - reading the literature - written tests in the internet (or in the classroom)

This course is not currently offered.

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