Workshop in contemporary semantics 1500-SDN-SP-JEZ-LWS
The topics discussed are linked to the participants’ own research. These may cover a variety of issues, for example:
— theories of semantics, including terminological issues and conceptual frameworks, and methodological developments as exemplified by older and more recent research;
— metonymy and metaphor in cognitive interpretation (as tools of conceptualisation) and mechanisms in communicative acts;
— new lexical phenomena;
— axiology;
— linguistic representation of various elements of the world and its cultural determinants;
— conceptualisation of notions as enshrined in language;
— various ways of naming elements of social reality in discourses;
— multimodality.
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The topics discussed are linked to the participants’ own research. These may cover a variety of issues, for example: |
Course coordinators
Type of course
Learning outcomes
A student who has completed the course:
— knows and understands:
WG_01 the key paradigms of contemporary linguistic semantics, its theoretical foundations, as well as general issues and selected specific topics
WG_02 the main trends in semantic research
Assessment criteria
Up to 2 unexcused absences are permitted.
Pass grade is based on giving at least one presentation (on a topic of the student’s choice or a text selected in consultation with the instructors).
Rules on the use of AI
If a student wishes to use artificial intelligence tools (e.g. for the purposes of a presentation), they must:
a. obtain the consent of the course instructor,
b. discuss the objectives and scope of the use of artificial intelligence tools with the course instructor.
Unauthorised use of artificial intelligence tools shall result in the implementation of the procedures set out in Resolution No. 14 of the University Council for Education.
Bibliography
Reading material for individual classes and supplementary reading will be agreed upon with the course participants.
We recommend reading the following academic textbooks at your own pace:
Bartmiński J., 2006, Językowe podstawy obrazu świata, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS.
Evans V., Green M., 2006, Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Geeraerts D., 2010, Theories of Lexical Semantics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gibbs R.W. (ed.), 2008, The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Grzegorczykowa R., 2010, Wprowadzenie do semantyki językoznawczej, Warszawa: PWN.
Grzegorczykowa R., 2021, Język w służbie myśli. Szkice z dziejów polskiego słownictwa, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa UW.
Kövecses Z., 2011, Język, umysł, kultura. Praktyczne wprowadzenie. Kraków: Universitas.
Langacker, R., 2009, Gramatyka kognitywna. Wprowadzenie (tłum. E. Tabakowska i in.), Kraków: Universitas.
Niebrzegowska-Bartmińska, 2020, Definiowanie w i profilowanie pojęć w (etno)lingwistyce, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS
Niebrzegowska-Bartmińska, 2026, Stereotypy - symbole - wartości w językowym obrazie świata, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS.
Tabakowska E., red., 2001, Kognitywne podstawy języka i językoznawstwa, Kraków: Universitas.
Taylor J.R., 2007, Gramatyka kognitywna (tłum. M. Buchta, Ł. Wiraszka), Kraków: Universitas.
Tokarski R., 2013, Światy za słowami. Wykłady z semantyki leksykalnej. Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS.
Wierzbicka A., 1999, Język – umysł – kultura. Wybór prac pod red.J. Bartmińskiego, Warszawa: PWN.
Wierzbicka A., 2007, Słowa klucze. Różne języki – różne kultury. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa UW.
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Term 2026Z:
Reading material for individual classes and supplementary reading will be agreed upon with the course participants. We recommend reading the following academic textbooks at your own pace: Bartmiński J., 2006, Językowe podstawy obrazu świata, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS. |