AJB_FSP1 Functional Sentence Perspective 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJB_FSP1/01: Fri 8. 3. 8:00–13:00 B410 učebna, M. Adam
Prerequisites
Completion of FUKS course. As the course is based on Prague School teaching, a substantial portion of discussion deals with English-Czech contrastive approach; knowledge of Czech is therefore advantage.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The seminar offers a systematic survey of the theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP). Students are gradually introduced the principles of the functional approach towards linguistic analysis of written text on the basis of FSP as founded and developed by its 'father', Professor Jan Firbas. Students are able to demonstrate the theoretical input on the material of authentic examples, presented in charts of FSP analysis. Stdents acquire basic key terms: theme, rheme, communicative dynamism, distributional field, dynamic-semantic functions, retrievability, etc. Having completed the course, the students should be able to analyze a text from the point of view of FSP and approach it form the functional angle.
Key topics
  • 1. FSP and Jan Firbas.
  • 2. Place of FSP within the framework of information processing.
  • 3. Communicative dynamism.
  • 4. Basic factors: context.
  • 5. Basic factors: linear modification.
  • 6. Basic factors: semantics.
  • 7. Basic factors: intonation.
  • 8. FSP analyis. Charts.
  • 9. Dynamic-semantic tracks.
  • 10. Semantic homogeneity.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • ADAM, Martin. A Handbook of Functional Sentence Perspective (FSP in Theory and Practice) with Key. 2nd ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 100 pp. VŠ učebnice. ISBN 978-80-210-4605-4. info
    recommended literature
  • ADAM, M. Some special aspects within the Th- and the Rh-layers. In Brno Studies in English 28, Brno: Masaryk University, 2002, s. 11-18, 173 s., ISBN 80-210-2968-4.
  • FIRBAS, J. On the thematic and the rhematic layers of a text. In Organization in Discourse: Proceedings from the Turku Conference, Anglicana Turkuensia 14, Warwik, Tauskanen and Hiltunen (eds.). 1995, s. 59-72.
  • FIRBAS, J. Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 239 s., ISBN 0-521-37308-5.
  • ADAM, Martin. Functional Macrofield Perspective (A Religious Discourse Analysis Based on FSP). 2. rozšířené. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 173 pp. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, Vol. 116. ISBN 978-80-210-4922-2. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Block format (twice a 6-period block, twice a semester). The course is completed by a written credit test (+ all home assignments must be done). Teaching methods: classroom discussions, lectures, students' presentations, home assignments, home projects.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Block format (twice a 6-period block, twice a semester). The course is completed by a written credit test (+ all home assignments must be done). Teaching methods: classroom discussions, lectures, students' presentations, home assignments, home projects.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=891
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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