NJ3DC_2AOT Aspects of a Technical Discours

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Sat 20. 3. 11:00–12:45 A61 učebna, Sat 10. 4. 11:00–12:45 A63 učebna, Sat 24. 4. 11:00–12:45 A63 učebna
Prerequisites
successful completion of previous term
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
At the end of the tuition students are able to distinguish specialised texts according to different criteria such as abstractness of the text, outer language form and partner of the utterance. Students are also able to use typical syntactic and morphological features while creating specialised texts. They can apply language means typical for specialised texts in tuition.
Key topics
Functional stylistics, functional styles – outline, technical language, technical vocabulary, semantic particularity of technical vocabulary compared to general vocabulary, technical vocabulary expansion with terms, metaphors, borrowings and forming of technical vocabulary according to given word-constituting patterns. Text structure, syntactic and lexical-semantic coherence, syntactic and morphological particularities of technical texts, horizontal and vertical structuring, kinds and types of technical texts, types of discourse, semantic elements of technical text, selected morphological and syntactic features and possibilities of their practice and acquirement.
Study resources and literature
  • EROMS, Hans-Werner. Stil und Stilistik : eine Einführung. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2008, 255 s. ISBN 9783503098231. info
  • BUHLMANN, Rosemarie and Anneliese FEARNS. Handbuch des Fachsprachenunterrichts : unter besonderer Berücksichtigung naturwissenschaftlich-technischer Fachsprachen. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1987, 400 s. ISBN 3468494351. info
  • PELKA, Roland and Dieter MOHN. Fachsprachen. Tubingen: Niemeyer, 1984, 171 s. ISBN 3-484-25130-1. info
  • Fachsprachen und Sprachstatistik : Beiträge zur angewandten Sprachwissenschaft. Edited by Lothar Hoffmann. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1975, 324 p. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Seminar
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
regular and active participation, knowledge of problematics, colloquy
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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