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KAA / BKSEP
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAA
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BKSEP
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Chapters from Semntics and Pragmatics
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
3
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / 0
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0 / 20
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0 / 0
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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0 / 0
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0 / 21
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0 / 2
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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KAA/SEMPR
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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KAA/BMFA2
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Meet all prerequisites before registering
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YES
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The course serves as an introduction into the study of meaning as it is understood in semantics and pragmatics. Students will become familiar with basic concepts and theories formulated in the two fields, with various approaches towards the study of meaning and the way it is conveyed.
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Requirements on student
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active participation in seminars
reading assigned texts before seminars, working with handouts available in LMS Moodle
final written test
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Content
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Approaches to the study of meaning.
Sense relations.
Compositionality and combination of meaning.
Extensions of meaning.
Reference and deixis.
Speech acts.
Grice's Cooperative Principle.
Presupposition and implicature.
Politeness theories and principles.
Conversation analysis.
Vagueness and indirectness.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
CRUSE, D. A. Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Basic:
YULE, G. Pragmatics. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Basic:
CUTTING, J. Pragmatics: A Resource Book for Students. London, 2015.
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Basic:
LÖBNER, S. Understanding Semantics. London: Arnold, 2002.
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Recommended:
GRUNDY, P. Doing Pragmatics. London: Routledge, 2008.
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Recommended:
CRUSE, D. A. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Recommended:
ARCHER, D., AIMER, K., WICHMANN, A. Pragmatics: An Advanced Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge, 2012.
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Recommended:
LEECH, G. Principles of Pragmatics. London and New York: Longman, 1989.
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Recommended:
LYONS, J. Semantics. Cambridge University Press, 1977.
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Recommended:
LEECH, G. Semantics: The Study of Meaning. 2nd edition. London: Penguin Books, 1990.
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Recommended:
BLAKEMORE, D. Understanding Utterances. An Introduction to Pragmatics. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Účast na výuce
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26
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Samostatná kritická četba
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26
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Příprava na zápočet
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20
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Domácí příprava na výuku
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13
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Total
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85
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
Based on the gained knowledge, students will be able to analyze authentic written and spoken discourse from the viewpoint of pragmatics and semantics and to apply the knowledge in their own production. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Assessment methods |
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