GENERAL INFORMATION
STUDY PROGRAM
ANGLISTICS
Field of Academic
Linguistics
Expertise
Subject title
LEXICAL SEMANTICS
Subject code
ECTS
Study year
Semester
II
IV
5
X
Number of hours
Elective
Lectures
2
Exercises
0
Status of the subject Mandatory
Responsible teacher
The purpose and objective of the subject
The student should be familiar with the basic conceptual inventory related to the area of lexical semantics and that the
student is equiped with the basic knowledge needed to understand language as a specific code of communication purpose.
Subject content
Determination of lexical semantics place in relation to the tangent discipline: lexicology, semantics and pragmatics.
Attention is directed to the linguistic sign: its nature and characteristics. The key terms are: system, structure,
distinctiveness, contrast, phrases and paradigms. It gives an overview of the concepts related to the functioning of language
in terms of lexis. It monitors and explains the behavior of the structure elements of the morphological level related to
processuality, ie. dynamics of linguistic manifestation in the communication process. It studies the meaning of the elements
of the structure below the level of words and idioms.
TEACHING METHODS AND ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS
Teaching methods (marked in bold)
Lectures
Seminars and
workshops
Distance learning
Consultation
Exercises
Independent work
Multimedia and the Internet
Laboratory
Mentor work
Field work
Comments:
Assessment methods (marked in bold)
Oral
Written
Tests / colloquia
Seminar works
Activity in the classroom
The case studies
Project
Research
Score assessment (mark in bold actions to be evaluated, enter the maximum number of points that a student can earn
for each activity, and the minimum number of points that a student needs to achieve for each activity)
Preexamination obligations (up to 70 points)
Points
The minimum number
of points
Colloquia - tests (3 colloquia)
30
15
Attendance on the class
5
2,5
Commitment at the classes
5
2,5
Seminar work
30
15
Research
Project
The case studies
Final exam (oral)
30
16
TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS
100
51
Comments:
LITERATURE
Mandatory literature
 Milojevic, Jelisaveta (2000), Word and Words of English.English Morphology A-Z, Belgrade:
Papirus.
Additional literature
 Leech, G.(1981), Semantics, Harmondsworth:Penguin.
Learning outcome
Understanding the nature, structure and functioning of languages on the lexical level.