FRENCH LANGUAGE SEMANTICS

Presentation of the French grammar, French phonetic and lexical system while outlining its use in drafting and translating texts as well as in oral interaction. The course covers the following main topics: 1. Semantics and its fields of study. The basic concepts of semantics: the linguistic sign, language and speech, competence and performance. Meaning and significance. Signifier and signified. 2. Semantic evolution: weakening and strengthening the meaning of words. Restriction and extension of meaning. 3. Semantic figures: definition. (1) Sounds : alliteration, assonance, sound echo, imitative harmony, paronomasia. 4. Semantic word figures: (2) Word Games: anagram, izolexism. (3) Forming and modifying words: archaism; metaplasm, suitcase words. 5. Lexical Semantics. Changes of meaning. Proper meaning and figurative meaning. The stylistic value of the figurative meaning. 6. Figures of meaning. Inventory (metonymy, synecdoche, and metaphor). 7. Metonymy and synecdoche - similarities and differences 8. Comparison, metaphor, allegory, personification. 9. III. Rhetorical figures: antithesis; antiphrasis; paradox.; hyperbole; gradation; litotes; euphemism. 10. Semantic relations: semantic incompatibility, hyponymy. 11. Homonymy and polysemy. 12. Polysemy. Stylistic richness of polysemy. 13. Synonymy and antonymy. Synonyms: synonym series, the degrees of significance, use. 14. Language registers. The stylistic consequences of language registers. Lexical fields and semantic fields.

O1. Acquisition and comprehension of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods of the specialization, their appropriate use within professional communication contexts. O2. Use of basic knowledge to explain and interprete various types of concepts, situations, processes, projects, etc. related to the area of study/activity O3. Application of basic principles and methods under expert supervision in order to solve problems or deal with specific situations related to the specialized area of study