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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1) Semiotics as a theory of semiosis 2) Properties of natural language and its relation to other sign systems 3) Language sign 4) Marking methods: iconicity, indexicality, arbitrariness, convention 5) Substance of expression and its modality 6) Code and language structure 7) Semiotics of sentence and utterance 8) Semiotic theory of text 9) General and specific models of communication 10) Semiotics and pragmatics 11) Communication competence 12) Literality and non-literality 13) Relevance theory
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to list and explain basic grammatical categories (parts of speech, gender, tense, aspect, etc.) |
| to characterize basic semantical concepts (meaning, synonymy, homonymy, metaphor, etc.) |
| to paraphrase elementary definitions of linguistic and philosophical concepts |
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| to use elementary linguistic terminology |
| to use common academic digital tools, e.g. research databases |
| to recognize important information in written text |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| describe semiotic aspects of language and language communication |
| to explain crucial semiotical concepts and theories |
| to describe history of semiotics |
| to characterize conceptions of key persons in semiotics |
| to characterize the most important features of language code and communication context |
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| to analyze the process of language communication |
| to explain the relationship between language code and communication context / circumstances |
| to solve problems of construction of sign systems in terms of various semiotic theories |
| to formulate assumptions and consequences of semiotic theories for the description of the communication process |
| to apply various semiotic concepts in the investigation of specific sign features |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
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| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
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| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Bertalanffy L. von. Člověk - robot a myšlení. Praha : Svoboda, 1972.
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Cassirer, Ernst. Filosofie symbolických forem. 1, Jazyk. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1996. ISBN 80-86005-10-0.
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Černý, Jiří; Holeš, Jan. Sémiotika. Praha : Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-832-5.
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Doubravová, Jarmila. Sémiotika v teorii a praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-566-0.
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Eco, Umberto. Mysl a smysl : sémiotický pohled na svět. Praha : Moraviapress, 2000. ISBN 80-86181-36-7.
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Gvoždiak, Vít. Česká teorie. Tendence moderní české semiotiky. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016. ISBN 978-80-244-4946-3.
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Gvoždiak, Vít. Základy sémiotiky II. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014. ISBN 978-80-244-4317-1.
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Gvoždiak, Vít. Základy semiotiky I. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014. ISBN 978-80-244-42945.
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Hanke, M., Kastnerová, M., Švantner, M., Větrovcová, M. Stopování sémiotiky. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart. ISBN 978-80-7465-142-7.
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Huizinga, Johan. Homo ludens : o původu kultury ve hře. 1. vyd. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1971.
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Mathauser, Zdeněk. Metodologické meditace aneb Tajemství symbolu. 1. vyd. Brno : Blok, 1989. ISBN 80-7029-002-1.
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Osolsobě, Ivo. Ostenze, hra, jazyk : sémiotické studie. Vyd. 1. Brno : Host, 2002. ISBN 80-7294-076-7.
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Saussure, Ferdinand de; Bally, Charles,; Sechehaye, Albert; Riedlinger, Albert. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. 1. vyd. (v Academii). Praha : Academia, 1996. ISBN 80-200-0560-9.
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Tondl, Ladislav. Mezi epistemologií a sémiotikou : deset studií o vztazích poznání a porozumění významu. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1996. ISBN 80-7007-076-5.
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