Lexical Semantics

Code:

CL021

Acronym:

SEMLEX

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	16	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	2	-	6	4
LLC	10	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	4
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	6	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims: 1. Understand the principles of Lexical Semantics. 2. Understand the different dimensions of the meaning of lexical structures and the mechanisms of their organisation. 3. Describe the structure of lexical units. 4. Determine the main relationships of the meaning of lexical structures. 5. Understand the change and variation processes of the lexical meaning.

Program

1. Delimit the concept of Lexical Semantics
1.1. The object of Lexical Semantics
1.2. Analysis units of Lexical Semantics
1.3. Relationship between Lexical Semantics and other areas of Linguistics
2. Lexical meaning
2.1. Types of meaning
2.2. Scope of meaning: meaning, reference, intension, extension, denotation, connotation
2.3. Ambiguity
2.4. Vagueness
3. Organisation of lexical meaning - various proposals
3.1. Semic analysis
3.2. Componential analysis
3.3. Cognitive semantics /prototype theory
3.5. Theory of the postulates of meaning
4. Analysis of lexical structures
4.1. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships
4.2. Paradigmatic relationships and lexical/semantic fields
4.3. Syntagmatic relationships and lexical solidarities/collocations
5. Relationships of meaning
5.1. Synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, hyperonymy, meronymy, holonymy
5.2. Polysemy and homonymy
6. Variation and change of the lexical meaning

Mandatory literature

Aitchinson, Jean; Words in the mind: An introduction to mental lexicon, Blackwell, 2003. ISBN: 978-0631232438
Bidermann, Maria Tereza C; Teoria linguística, Martins Fontes, 2001. ISBN: 85-336-1417-9
Cruse, Alan D; Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics, Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0199263066
Jackendoff, Ray ; The Architecture of Language Faculty, The MIT Press , 1996. ISBN: 978-0262600255
Keith, Alan; Natural Language Semantics, Blackwell, 2001. ISBN: 978-0631192978
Lakoff, George; Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind, 978-0226468037 , 1987. ISBN: University of Chicago Press
Lopes, Ana Cristina Macário; Rio-Torto, Graça; Semântica, Caminho, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-21-1878-1
Mateus, Maria Helena Mira et al.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Caminho, 2003. ISBN: 972-21-0445-4
Miller, George A; The Science of Words, Freeman & Company, 1996. ISBN: 978-0716760160
Olano, Concepción Ataola; Lexicología y Semántica Léxica, Ediciones Académicas, 2004. ISBN: 84-96062-45-7
Sandmann, António; Competência lexical: produtividade, restrições e bloqueio, Editora da UFPR, 1991. ISBN: 85-86957-02-X
Sanromán, Álvaro Iriarte; A Unidade Lexicográfica. Palavras, Colocações, Frasemas, Pragmatemas, Universidade do Minho, 2001. ISBN: 972-98621-5-X
Urs, Egli Pause, Peter E.; Schwarze, Christoph ; Lexical knowledge in the organization of language, Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN: 978-1556195686
Vilela, Mário; Estudos de Lexicologia do Português, Almedina, 1994. ISBN: 972-40-0767-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes, theory-practical classes and tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Semantics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00
	Exame	2,00
	Trabalho escrito	102,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed assessment: 1st - written test: 40%; 2nd written test: 40%; assignment: 20%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.

Classification improvement

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.