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1st cycle studies

JF266 
Fonologia historyczno-porównawcza / Historical and Comparative Phonology
Prof. Jerzy Rubach

General theory of phonological changes; methods of linguistic reconstruction; elements of analysis of Proto-Indo-European, Germanic and Slavic languages in diachronic perspective.

JF1612 
Amerykańsko-brytyjska fonologia kontrastywna / Contrastive American-British Phonology
Dr hab. Bartłomiej Czaplicki

The course is focused on the differences between the major American and British accents. We analyze vocabulary, spelling and grammar. A comparison of the vowel and consonant systems of General American and Received Pronunciation. Identification of both accents. We describe several regional American English accents, spoken in New York City, southern, and New England. A phonological account of selected processes in General American and Received Pronunciation.

JF169
Metafora pojęciowa / Conceptual Metaphor
Prof. Elżbieta Górska

An introduction to the classical theory of conceptual metaphor by Lakoff and Johnson, which assumes that metaphors are means of understanding and experiencing the world, and thus they are regarded as "figures of thought", rather than "figures of speech". According to this theory, a conceptual metaphor is a matter of understanding of one, typically more abstract experiential domain (so-called "metaphorical target domain") in terms of another, typically more concrete, physical experiential domain (so-called "metaphorical source domain").
 

JF2705
Wstęp do językoznawstwa komputerowego / Introduction to Computational Linguistics
Dr Marcin Opacki

This course presents an overview of the field of computational linguistics. It covers key concepts and techniques used in a variety of natural language processing applications and presents computational tools employed in linguistic research, lexicography, translation and language pedagogy. We will also discuss applications of linguistic knowledge in designing intelligent technologies. Particular emphasis will be placed on corpus linguistics and its application in the study of natural language.

JF2644
Przestrzenie mentalne I / Mental spaces I
Dr Agata Kochańska

The course is meant as an introduction to two theoretical frameworks in semantics formulated within the paradigm of cognitive linguistics: the theory of mental spaces and the theory of conceptual blending. The topics to be discussed during the course will include the idea that meaning in discourse emerges in the process of the dynamic construction of mental space configurations, as guided by linguistic and contextual hints. Mental spaces are theoretical tools used to characterize the human ability to conceptualize phenomena from multiple perspectives. The second important issue is the idea that blending is one of the fundamental conceptual mechanisms which are at work in our making sense of the world around us and which is reflected both in language and in human action.
 

JF 170
Słownictwo angielskie / English Words
Prof. Jerzy Rubach

2nd cycle studies
 

JF2631 
Komunikacja międzykulturowa / Cross-Cultural Communication
Dr hab. Paweł Kornacki

The aim of this course is to exemplify and analyze a number of cross-cultural differences in the characteristic ways of speaking selected languages (Polish, Anglo-Australian, Anglo-American, and Chinese). Everyday conversational routines, speech-genres, cultural keywords, ways of self-presentation illustrate the cultural priorities of different societies.

JF2630
Pojęciowa charakterystyka kategorii gramatycznych/ Notional Approach to Grammatical Categories
Prof. Elżbieta Górska

The course is designed for students who are interested in cognitive linguistics, and in learning about the foundations of Langacker's theory of cognitive grammar, in particular. The main theme of the course is Langacker's notional characterization of grammatical categories (such as: noun, verb, infinitive, participle, adjective, adverb, preposition) which in cognitive grammar are regarded as phenomena that reveal not only fundamental cognitive abilities of humans, but also ways of experiencing and understanding the world.

JF2645
Metonimia w języku i w myśleniu. Studia przypadku/ Metonymy in Language and Thought. Case Studies.
Prof. Elżbieta Górska

The course is designed for students who are interested in conceptual metonymy from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. Relying on analyses of linguistic as well as non-linguistic examples of metonymy, the course discusses metonymy as a conceptual process. Even though different kinds of linguistic manifestations of metonymy will be of main concern, pictorial and verbo-pictorial manifestations of metonymy in, e.g.: illustrations and drawings will also be considered.

JF2634
Semantyka międzykulturowa/Cross-Cultural Semantics
Dr hab. Paweł Kornacki

The purpose of this course is to introduce the participants to the basic assumptions, scope, and methodology of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) project, focusing on the empirical search for semantic primes and universals in natural human languages.

JF165 
Wstęp do semantyki / Introduction to Semantics
Dr Marta Kisielewska-Krysiuk

The aim of the course is to introduce the basic concepts and problems of semantics, as opposed to pragmatics, as well as to give a survey of the most important solutions offered in contemporary Anglo-American linguistic literature.

JF2712 
Wstęp do praktycznej fonetyki akustycznej / Introduction to Practical Acustic Phonetics
Dr Dariusz Zembrzuski

The course provides an introduction to the acoustic study of speech. It presents various aspects of speech production and perception from an acoustic perspective. The focus of the course is to give practical skills in measuring acoustic data in PRAAT (a free program for acoustic analysis). The key concepts are acoustic features and acoustic correlates of speech sounds, and how to technically identify them in spectrograms and oscillograms. As the main goal is to give students practical skills, the course also covers the topics of annotation in PRAAT, and presents practical tips on conducting recordings.

JS2911
Rozwijanie kompetencji językowych poprzez treści przedmiotowe w CLIL/Enhancing Language through Content: an Overview of CLIL Practices
Prof. Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski

The aim of CLIL-based teaching is to address content without neglecting the linguistic needs of L2 learners. CLIL teaching frequently favours lexical development (related to specific content subjects) to the exclusion - or marked underrepresentation - of the L2 grammatical system. The course will focus on the ways to redress the balance between the competences. Research results, as reported in the relevant bibliographical sources, as well as the students’ own attempts at constructing CLIL-oriented teaching materials will be analysed to determine how best to integrate contentbased and form-focused instruction. The course is suitable for student-teachers, in-service teachers and anyone working with CLIL-based programs or wishing to enrich their language teaching/learning resources, at the time of increased globalization and the growing need for successful cross-national and crosscultural communication.