AJB_FSP2 Functional Sentence Perspective 2

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
AJB_FSP FSP || AJB_FSP1 FSP
AJB_FSP1 nebo AJB_FSP
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
Course objectives
The FSP 2 course is a block option for students who completed FSP 1 course. It offers a further insight into the theory of Functional Sentence perspective as elaborated by Jan Firbas. Building on the basic principles of FSP, FSP 2 deals for example with the issues of potentiality, the role of FSP in translation or in rhetorics, FSP of a question, distributional macrofields, subtypes of dynamic semantic scales or interpretative function of FSP.
Syllabus
  • 1. Revision of basic FSP principles and terminology 2. Practical FSP analysis (Charts) 3. FSP of a distributional macrofield 4. Potentiality 5. the role of FSP in translation or in rhetorics 6. FSP of a question 7. subtypes of dynamic semantic scales 8. interpretative function of FSP
Literature
  • ADAM, Martin. A Handbook of Functional Sentence Perspective (FSP in Theory and Practice). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 85 pp. VŠ učebnice. ISBN 978-80-210-4269-8. info
  • FIRBAS, Jan. Functional sentence perspective in written and spoken communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xv, 239. ISBN 0521373085. info
  • ADAM, Martin. Functional Macrofield Perspective (A Religious Discourse Analysis Based on FSP). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 115 pp. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, Vol. 99. ISBN 80-210-4137-4. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Předmět je ukončen zápočotvým testem z teorie i praxe. Kromě toho musejí studenti vypracovat 1 písemný úkol a vyhotovit jeden referát na dané téma.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 2 odpolední bloky, 8. října (pondělí) a 7. prosince (pátek).
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