English Studies
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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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