Course title:

Lexicology

Course code: PSL211
Course status: Elective
Course leader: Maslina Ljubičić
Course instructor:
Language of instruction: English
Total hours: 8S
Form of instruction: Seminar
ECTS credits: 4

Course content by topics

1. Fundamental concepts of lexicology; 2. Openness of the lexical system: innovations in vocabulary; 3. Processes of grammaticalization and lexicalization; 4. Lexicalization by conversion as a minor type of word formation .; 5. Importance of language mediation in lexical borrowing: immediate and remote etymology.; 6. Reverse loanwords, allotropes and pseudo loan words; 7. Etymological false pairs and lexical convergence by semantic borrowing; 8. Creation of new lexical units by deonomastic procedures.

Learning outcomes at course level:

1. To integrate the fundemantal concepts of lexicology into the broader linguistic context; 2. To determine the regularities in the procedure of lexicalization; 3. To assess the importance of linguistic mediation in lexical borrowing; 4. To critically evaluate lexical phenomena that contribute to lexical convergence of European languages; 5. To compare and discuss properties of pseudo loanwords; 6. To analyze and critically evaluate active deonomastic procedures used to create new lexical units.

Learning outcomes at programme level:

Reading list:

1. Asher, R. E. / Simpson, J. M. Y. (ed.), The encyclopaedia of language and linguistics, I-X, Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1994.; 2. Muljačić, Ž., “Tri težišta u proučavanju elemenata ‘stranog’ porijekla”,

Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, 23-24 (1997-98), 265-280.; 3. Tafra, B., Od riječi do rječnika, Zagreb, Školska knjiga, 2005.; 4. Trask, R. L., Temeljni lingvistički pojmovi, transl. B. Perak, Zagreb, Školska knjiga, 2005. (original: Key concepts in Language and

Linguistics, London, Routledge, 1999.); One book on the lexicology of a particular language, for example.: 1. Cruse, D. A.; Hundsnurscher, F.; Lutzeier, P. R., Lexikologie. Lexicology. Ein internationales Handbuch zur Natur und Struktur von Wörtern und Wortschätzen, Teilbd. 1 (Handbuch zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; 21.1), Berlin/New York, de Gruyter, 2002.; 2. Ježek, E., Lessico. Classi di parole, strutture, combinazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005.; 3. Lipka, L., An outline of English lexicology. Lexical structure, word semantics and word-

formation, Tübingen, Niemeyer, 1990.; 4. Picoche, J., Précis de lexicologie française, Paris, Nathan, 1977.; 5. Schippan, T., Lexikologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Tübingen, Niemeyer 1992.; Additional literature: 1. Bratanić, M., “Leksikologija i leksikografija”, Filologija, 22-23, 1994, 235-244.; 2. Crystal, D., The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language, Cambridge University Press, 1987.; 3. Halliday, M. A. K. i dr., Lexicology and corpus linguistics: An

Introduction, London, Continuum, 2004.; 4. Ljubičić, M., Posuđenice i lažni parovi. Hrvatski, talijanski i jezično posredovanje, Zagreb, FF-press, 2011.; 5. Muhvić-Dimanovski, V., Neologizmi. Problemi teorije i primjene, Zagreb, Filozofski fakultet, Zavod za lingvistiku, 2005.; 6. Samardžija, M., Nekoć i nedavno: odabrane teme iz leksikologije i novije povijesti hrvatskoga standardnoga jezika, Rijeka, Izdavački centar Rijeka, 2002.; 7. Simeon, R., Enciklopedijski rječnik lingvističkih naziva, I-II, Zagreb, Matica hrvatska, 1969.; 8. Tafra, B., “Povijesna načela normiranja leksika”, In: Norme i normiranje hrvatskog standardnoga jezika, edited by M. Samardžija, Zagreb, Matica hrvatska, 1999, 260-281.; 9. Turk, M., Jezično kalkiranje u teoriji i praksi. Prilog lingvistici

jezičnih dodira, Zagreb/Rijeka, Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada/Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, 2013.

Assessment of student achievement: course attendance, participation in the discussions on particular topics covered in the course

Quality assurance mechanism: student survey