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G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S<br />

competences Ability to explain the relationship between language, mental processes and<br />

culture<br />

Familiarity with modern terminology and concepts in respective discipline<br />

Experience in critical considerations of the topics in cognitive linguistics<br />

and in presenting them in the written form and orally<br />

Ability to apply theoretical concepts in scientifically suitable ways, to<br />

develop own concepts and draw conclusions about the characteristics of the<br />

relationship between language, mind and reality.<br />

Prerequisites<br />

Course contents<br />

Recommended<br />

reading<br />

The student should have previously completed a course of Introduction to<br />

Semantics or an equivalent course.<br />

The main aim of this course is to make students familiar with recent<br />

research in cognitive linguistics. Students are expected to gain an in-depth<br />

understanding of the relationship between language, mind and reality and to<br />

develop the ability to participate in critical discussions on related topics.<br />

The following themes will be considered:<br />

The evolution of language<br />

The relationship between language, culture and mind: an outline<br />

Key concepts in cognitive linguistics<br />

The structure of human knowledge<br />

Categorization, hierarchy<br />

Prototype-based organization in categories<br />

The bodily basis of meaning, conceptual structures<br />

Metaphor, metonymy<br />

Theory of conceptual integration<br />

Conceptual metaphors in political discourse<br />

Conceptual metaphors: colours, animals, plants<br />

Lexical and conceptual particularities of Croatian and <strong>English</strong><br />

Universals and varieties of language: variations in the conceptualization of<br />

space and time<br />

A workshop on one of the selected topics will be organised at the end of<br />

semester.<br />

- Croft, William & D. Alan Cruse. (2004.) Cognitive<br />

Linguistics.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<br />

- Kovecses, Zoltan (2005) Metaphor in Culture: Universality and<br />

Variation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<br />

- Škara, Danica (2005), Language, Culture, Cognition, University of<br />

Zadar, Zadar<br />

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