TOPICS IN THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS I

Course Information
TitleΖΗΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΘΕΩΡΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ Ι / TOPICS IN THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS I
CodeΘΕΓ808
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPhilology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600016020

Programme of Study: Glōssologías

Registered students: 5
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
THeōrītikī kai Efarmosménī GlōssologíaElective Courses belonging to the selected specializationWinter/Spring-10
Istorikī kai Valkanikī GlōssologíaMandatory Elective CoursesWinter/Spring-10
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600127673
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students -will become familiar with Conceptual Metaphor Theory as well as with the approaches that criticize it -will be able to evaluate this theory and the general discussion concerning it -will be able to make an oral presentation -will be able to coordinate and organize (a theoretical discussion on this topic will be able to approach critically and compare alternative theories
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
In this course Conceptual Metaphor Theory (e.g. Lakoff & Johnson 1980; Lakoff 1987, 1933) and the theoretical discussion with regard to the metaphor-metonymy interaction are presented. Furthermore, later critical views that bring up issues of methodology and focus on the communicative aspect of metaphor, as well as on the role of language, are discussed.
Keywords
Conceptual Metaphor Theory, metonymy, metaphor-metonymy interaction, MIPVU, functions of metaphor
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Seminars52✓✓
Reading Assigment134✓✓
Written assigments✓
Total186
Student Assessment
Description
Participation in the class (5%), oral presentation (10%), coordination of a theoretical discussion (10%), written exam (75%)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
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Additional bibliography for study
Barcelona, A. επιμ. 2000. Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads. Βερολίνο & Νέα Υόρκη: Mouton de Gruyter. Cienki, A. & C. Műller, επιμ. 2008. Metaphor and Gesture. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. Dirven, R. & R. Pörings, επιμ. 2002. Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast. Βερολίνο & Νέα Υόρκη: Mouton de Gruyter Kövecses, Z.2000. Metaphor and Emotion: Language, Culture, and Body in Human Feeling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Éditions de la maison des sciences de l’homme. Kövecses, Z. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. Οξφόρδη: Oxford University Press. Lakoff, G. 1987. Women, Fire and Other Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Μind. Σικάγο & Λονδίνο: The University of Chicago Press. Lakoff, G. & M. Johnson. 1980. Metaphors We Live by. Σικάγο & Λονδίνο: The University of Chicago Press. Cognitive Semiotics 5 (1-2) Steen, G. J., Dorst, A. G., Hermann, J. B., Kaal, A. A. & T. Krennmayr. 2010. Metaphor in usage. Cognitive Linguistics 21 (4): 765-796
Last Update
03-02-2020