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2118027 - Savremeni pristup izucavanju semantike skandinavskih jezika

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Course title
Acronym 2118027
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    ESPB 6.0 Status
    Condition To enrol in this course you must have completed: Lexicology of Scandinavian Languages, Modern Scandinavian languages 2 and Modern Scandinavian languages 3. Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal Ability to do semantic analysis of the linguistic material of Scandinavian languages ​​according to the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics and other modern approaches to the study of semantics; contrasting with the Serbian language. Acquiring knowledge about the cognitive linguistics, its approach to linguistic meaning and the relationship between language and reality; knowledge about other modern approaches to semantics and comparison with previously acquired knowledge in that area. Acquiring knowledge about conceptual metaphor and metonymy and applying that knowledge to the linguistic material of Scandinavian languages ​​while contrasting with the Serbian language.
    The outcome Students have aquired the basics of cognitive semantics, they know how to place it in the context of general linguistic research and to explain similarities and differences in relation to other semantic theories; students have a good command of semantic analysis according to the settings of cognitive semantics; they are familiar with the prototype theory, the basic characteristics of conceptual metaphor and conceptual metonymy and they are able to apply them in the analysis of linguistic material of modern Scandinavian languages.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures The basics of cognitive semantics with reference to the basics of other modern approaches to the study of semantics: the concept of meaning, the relationship between language and reality, the relationship between language and encyclopedic knowledge, semantic analysis according to the cognitive-linguistic theoretical framework; categorization, prototype theory, conceptual metaphor and metonymy.
    Contents of exercises Identification of conceptual metaphor and metonymy in texts in modern Scandinavian languages; determining the difference between the categorization of certain elements of human experience in the Scandinavian languages ​​and the Serbian language; analysis of polysemantic structures of certain lexemes in Scandinavian languages ​​from the perspective of modern approaches to the study of semantics.
    Literature
    1. Contemporary approaches to the study of semantics of Scandinavian languages ​​- compendium (editor: Nataša Ristivojević-Rajković)
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    1 2
    Methods of teaching
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures Test paper 70
    Practical lessons Oral examination
    Projects
    Colloquia 30
    Seminars