Course: Text linguistics

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Course title Text linguistics
Course code KBO/4101
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Mitter Patrik, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Text linguistics as a scientific discipline; its limits and its subject; Connections to other linguistic disciplines and non-linguistic sciences (for example super-sentence syntax, stylistics, social communication, psychology etc.); 2. Conception of meaning of text and its defining; Segmentation of text; Fundamental text unit; 3. Structure of a text: content, grammar, illocution; 4. Topic of a text and its developing; 5. Perception and interpretation of a text; 6. Reference and co-reference, isotopic relations and chains; Coherence and cohesion of a text; 7. Continuity of a text: ways of its realisation; Negation; 8. Actual division of a sentence; Word order in Czech sentence; Theme and rheme order; 9. Illocution structure of a text; Creating of a text; 10. Typology of texts; 11. Intentional and non-intentional modification of structure of sentence in a text; 12. Compact sentence structure, uncompact sentence structure; 13. Complex analyses of a text; 14. Actual topics;

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Lectures and seminars follow the Syntax and Stylistics lessons. They introduce a relatively young linguistic branch to students, a branch that studies text as a result of a speech act, that has (regardless of style or genre of the text) some specific attributes, that are connected with super-sentence subject matter connections and with language realization possibilities. Selected topics should help students to reach better and more complex knowledge of communication in language and its analyses.
Students can: understand the basic concepts of the field; use appropriate terminology, identify the constitutive elements of the text; be aware of the text as a structural unit and as the result of the communication process; comprehensively analyze texts of various kinds, especially factual texts.
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 semestral essay
Recommended literature
  • Bajzíková, E. Textová syntax. Bratislava: Veda, 1999.
  • Daneš, F. Jazyk a text. I a II.. Praha: FF UK, 1999.
  • Daneš, F. Věta a text. Praha: Academia, 1985.
  • Hoffmannová, J. Stylistika a ??. Praha: Trizonia, 1997.
  • Hrbáček, J. Nárys textové syntaxe spisovné češtiny. Praha:Trizonia, 1993.
  • Jaklová, A. Úvod do textové lingvistiky. České Budějovice: PF JČU, 1999.
  • Kol. Mluvnice češtiny 3, oddíl Textová syntax. Praha: Academia, 1987.
  • Kořenský, J. - Hoffmannová, J. - Jaklová, A. Komplexní analýza komunikačního procesu a textu. České Budějovice:PF, 1987.
  • Macurová, A. - Mareš, P. Text a komunikace. Jazyk v literárním díle a ve filmu. Praha: UK, 1992.
  • Müllerová, O. Mluvený text a jeho syntaktická výstavba. Praha: Academia, 1994.


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): Teaching of Czech Language and Literature for the 2nd Stage of Primary Schools and for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter