Potential use on introductory courses in English language and linguistics including lexicology, history of English, morphology, words and their meaning. For example: University of Louvain, LGERM2823: English Linguistics: Lexicology The course approaches the field of lexicology from five different angles: Lexical semantics: conceptual meaning (componential analysis and prototypical approach); collocational, stylistic and connotative meaning; homonymy and polysemy; metaphor and metonymy. Structure of the lexicon: semantic fields; paradigmatic relations (synonymy, hyponymy and antonymy) and syntagmatic relations. Phraseology: study of the different typologies and analysis of the criteria used to classify the various categories of multi-word units (compounds, collocations, idioms, etc.). English-French contrastive lexicology: lexical differences between English and French ; analysis of ''false friends'' Monolingual and bilingual lexicography: impact of computerized corpora on new dictionaries, particularly learners'' dictionaries. Reading: Journal articles and primarily: Blake, B.J.
(2019) English Vocabulary Today. Routledge and Singleton, D. (2000) Language and the Lexicon. An Introduction. Arnold: London. Lecturer: Professor Sylvie de Cock Variable University of Reading, GM2LWF: The World of Words: Lexicology and Word Formation The module aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of a range of aspects concerning the lexicon - including word formation patterns and their productivity, semantic relations between words, processes of borrowing from other languages, collocations and idioms, word frequency and variety in the lexicon.? Recommended reading: David Singleton''s Language and the Lexicon: An Introduction (Routledge, 2000) Lecturer: Dr Melani Schroeter 35-40 students per year Cardiff University, SE1370: Words and Meaning The first aim of the module is to explore a range of theoretical and descriptive approaches to the relationship between words and their meanings. The second aim is to provide students with an understanding of how to investigate word behaviour.
On completion of the module a student should be able to: Define key concepts in lexicology Identify the various semantic functions of words from a range of perspectives Understand how words are used in texts Compare and contrast results of lexical patterning from different texts Summarize and paraphrase relevant literature Explain the historical development of a particular lexeme Core textbook Jackson, H. & Zé Amvela, E. (2000) Words, Meaning and Vocabulary: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicography Lecturer: Dr Lise Fontaine 30-40 students per year University of Sussex, Q1029: Approaches to Meaning In this module exploration of word meaning introduces you to general linguistic concepts, terminology, methods and resources, while developing skills in linguistic analysis, research and argumentation. You will investigate meaning from psychological, social, historical, theoretical, and descriptive perspectives. Questions that may be considered include: what do you know when you know a word? Where is meaning located (in the word, society, or the mind)? How many meanings can a word have? How do meanings change? How do words/meanings differ among dialects and social situations? How do we learn meanings? You will explore such questions in small, individual research projects. Key textbooks Essential Reading: Words, Meaning and Vocabulary: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology by Howard Jackson & Zeì Amvela, Etienne (Bloomsbury, 2007), Lexical Meaning by M. Lynne Murphy (CUP, 2010) and Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English by Hans Lindquist (EUP, 2009) Lecturer: Professor M. Lynne Murphy 25-30 students per year Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 100190: Morphology, Lexicology and Semantics This subject offers an in-depth analysis of the areas of English morphology, lexicology and semantics.
It focuses on the analysis of the most important morphological phenomena and on the analysis of word structure (derivation and compounding). Secondly, it studies the structure of the lexicon and lexical models. Thirdly, it distinguishes between lexical semantics and sentence semantics and analyses both of them. Recommended reading: draws on a range of texts including Aitchison, J. (1994) Words in the Mind. An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon . 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell, Katamba, F.
(2004) Morphology: Morphology: its Place in the Wider Context . London: Routledge, Lipka, L. (2002) English lexicology: Lexical Structure, Word Semantics & Word Formation . 2nd edition. Tübingen: Niemeyer Lecturer: Montserrat Capdevila Batet No. of students unknown University of Duisburg-Essen, Module AAC; G, Ga; VI, VIII: The World in Words The aim will be to examine the vocabulary of English with a view of understanding how it developed, how it is structured and how it relates to other levels of linguistics. The seminar will have a diachronic aspect tracing the origins of words in English and considering the influence of other languages on its composition. The synchronic aspect will deal with how present-day English vocabulary is organised, contrasting it with that of German and looking at various methods used by linguists to describe the structure of a language''s vocabulary.
Recommended literature: Baugh, Albert C. and Thomas Cable 2002. A history of the English language . 5th edition. London: Routledge, Gramley, Stephan 2001. The vocabulary of world English . London: Arnold., Harley, Heidi 2003.
English words. A linguistic introduction . Oxford: Blackwell, Hughes, Geoffrey 2000. A history of English words . Oxford: Blackwell, Katamba, Francis 1994. English words . London: Routledge, Lipka, Leonard 1990. An outline of English lexicology .
Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, Pyles, Thomas and John Algeo 1993. The origins and development of the English language . 4th edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Singleton, David 2000. Language and the lexicon: an introduction . London: Edward Arnold. Stockwell, Robert and Donka Minkova 2001. English words, history and structure .
Cambridge: University Press. Lecturer: Raymond Hickey No. of students unknown University of Leiden, 5511KEBE2: Word and Meaning To understand the nature of language and culture we must understand words. What is in a word? A word is a unit that carries meaning in a language. In this course we focus on the forms and meanings of words in the languages of the world. We explore the question of how we can describe the meanings of words and document the knowledge they embody in the world''s languages. We investigate the relations that words of a language have with each other (lexical relations). Some words in a language have the same form: they are pronounced in the same way or they are written in the same way.
Compare for example, the Dutch forms bloem ''flour'' and bloem ''flower''. They are pronounced and written in the same way, are their meanings related, or not? Note also that the English equivalents for them are written differently but pronounced in the same way; is there any relation between their meanings? Where the meanings are related we will explore the mechanisms by which the meanings of words are extended to other related meanings, for instance through metaphor or metonymy. Words are not only an important mirror of the mind (Leibniz), they also provide a guide to the social reality of the users of languages. Connotations and other associated meanings of words form an important window through which we can discover the patterns. In this regard, we will examine the diversity of connotations across languages, e.g. of words for animals. Dictionaries arethe storehouse of the words of languages.
We will discuss the principles for making explanotry dictionaries that capture the entire worlds of word-from their pronunciations to translation equivalents to definitions to cultural and historical information. We will practice making a dictionary of a semantic domain in a language. Recommended reading: unknown Lecturer: Dr. F.K. Ameka University of Regensburg,ELG-M33.3 (4): English Word-Formation For a start, we will give an overview of the main categories of word formation, such as compounding, conversion and affixation. Then we will look at less prominent types that have become rather trendy in recent years (back-formation, clipping, blending, abbreviation), especially as regards their use by the media.
All categories will be documented by a sufficient number of examples, which are drawn from dictionaries and computer corpora such as the NOW Corpus, the iWeb Corpus, the British National Corpus, the Corpus of Contemporary American English and GloWbE (Global web-based English). In an additional section different approaches to word-formation will be dealt with and students will get an insight into the methodological problems of obtaining and analyzing relevant data drawn from various sources. Finally, we will put the traditional distinction between British and American English to the test. Key readings: Bauer, Laurie and Rodney Huddleston. 2002. "Lexical Word-formation." In Huddleston and Pullum, eds. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.
Cambridge: University Press, 1621-1721. Plag, Ingo. 2018. Word-Formation in English. Cambridge: University Press. (.