Course: A Technique of Philology Work

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Course title A Technique of Philology Work
Course code KBO/4005
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Čajka František, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Programme and function of the course. Previous experiences with professional works. Work methods in the seminars. Basic professional literature. 2. Codification guides, dictionaries and its types, a monograph, an anthology, linguistic magazines, collections, scripts, textbooks, on-line sources. 3. Popular science literature about language. Language Consulting (Institute of the Czech Language). The Linguistic Association of the Czech Republic. 4. Professional style in written and spoken language. Stylistic structures of the professional style. Language and style of stylistic structures. Meta-language. 5. Basic linguistic methodologies: problems and its formulations, data, hypotheses, methods, theories. 6. Language data: nature and sources of language data, corpuses, material selection criteria, collecting material. 7. Language analysis of collected material and its assumptions. Language classification. 8. Synthesis. Generalization. Verification. Prognosis. 9. Sources. Secondary sources. Bibliography. Bibliographic data. Bibliographic references. Notes. Professional literature list. 10. ČSN 016910 Revision of documents written by machines or text editors. United revision modification of professional text. Text correction (correction marks). 11. - 12. Stages of professional work. 13. - 14. Stages of professional work presentation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
This seminar focuses on preparing students to work individually in seminars of linguistic disciplines and tries to give them basic skills which are needed for writing seminar, bachelor and master diploma theses. In the seminars are connected teacher's professional interpretation and applied and creative activity.
Students are able to distinguish sources of professional knowledge according to the origin, goals, addressee, credibility, theoretic hardness and codification (if necessary); can work with sources and secondary literature; distinguish several kinds of citations and apply it properly in practise; choose suitable cognitive methods considering language data, perceive professional linguistic texts, understand its content and language aspect and genre variety as well; create minor professional genres (bibliographical annotations, annotations, summary, resume).
Prerequisites
knowledge of the field on the level of GCSE exam knowledge of disciplines connected to the central domain of study knowledge of appropriate terminology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
attendance activity presentation test
Recommended literature
  • Čermák, F. Základy lingvistické metodologie. Nástin hlavních principů na pozadí obecné teorie vědy. Praha: UK v Praze, 1993.
  • Čmejrková, S., Daneš, F., Světlá, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha: Leda, 1999.
  • Holoušová, D. a kol. Jak psát diplomové a závěrečné práce. PF UP. Olomouc. 1999.
  • Klimeš, L. Úvod do vědecké práce v jazykovědné bohemistice. Plzeň. 1983.
  • kolektiv. Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Praha, Lidové noviny, 1995.
  • Lotko, E. Slovník lingvistické terminologie pro filology. Olomouc: UP v Olomouci, 1998.
  • Meško, D., Katuščák, D., Findra, J. a kol. Akademická příručka. Martin: Vydavatelstvo Osveta, 2006.
  • Spousta, V. a kol. Vádemékum autora odborné a vědecké práce (se zaměřením na práce pedagogické). Brno: MU v Brně, PF, 2003.
  • Styblík, Vl., Čechová, M, Hauser, P., Hošnová, E. Základní mluvnice českého jazyka. Praha: SPN, 2004.
  • Šesták, Z. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě.. Praha: Academia, 2000.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter