PdF:NJ_G990 Dictionaries, Corpora - Course Information

NJ_G990 Dictionaries, Corpora and other Tools in German Studies

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Hradílková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Hana Peloušková, 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 of Seminar Groups

NJ_G990/Kombi01: Fri 5. 3. 16:00–16:50 učebna 25, Fri 19. 3. 16:00–16:50 učebna 25, Fri 9. 4. 16:00–16:50 učebna 25, Fri 23. 4. 16:00–16:50 učebna 25, Fri 7. 5. 16:00–16:50 učebna 25, Fri 21. 5. 16:00–16:50 učebna 25, H. Hradílková, T. Káňa
NJ_G990/Prez01: Wed 16:00–16:50 učebna 56, H. Hradílková, T. Káňa

Prerequisites

! NJ_KORP Corpus Linguistics
Basic knowledge of linguistics

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

This course makes the students familiar with printed and electronic dictionaries, language corpora and other tools and apps suitable in learning German as a foreign language. A critical approach to corpus data and all tools is one of the main objectives of this course.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students can:
- use relevant dictionaries, grammars and tools important in teaching and studying German as a foreign language
- use the most important language corpora relevant for teaching and learning German as a foreign and second language;
- formulate (also CQL) queries according to different criteria;
- use corpus data for linguistic and didactic research and purposes.

Syllabus

• The Corpus, Language corpus and electronic language corpus (a description)
• Dictionaries and other tools relevant in studying German as a foreign language
• Typology of corpora
• --single language Corpora
• --parallel Corpora
• Problematic fields of corpora (pro and contras)
• the most important corpora of German (IDS, DWDS, Wortschatz - Leipzig)
• The Czech National Corpus and the project “InterCorp”
• Working with the "KonText" and "COSMAS II" corpus managers (main features)

Literature

required literature
• KÁŇA, Tomáš. Sprachkorpora in Unterricht und Forschung DaF/DaZ (Corpuses in Teaching and Researching German as a Foreign Language). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 243 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6994-7. info

recommended literature
• Wichmann, Anne / Fligelstone Steven / McEnery Tony / Knowles Gerry [eds.]: Teaching and language corpora. London - New York: Longman; 1997. ISBN 0-582-27609-8 (Od Brna nejblíž dostupné v UB Wien.)
• Český národní korpus :úvod a příručka uživatele. Edited by Jan Kocek - Marie Kopřivová - Karel Kučera. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filozofická fakulta UK - Ústav Českého národního korpusu, 2000, 156 s. ISBN 80-85899-94-9. info

Teaching methods

discussions on corpora – comparing their advantages and disadvantages; practical usage of corpora (work with different corpus manager); short papers on corpus driven researches

Assessment methods

Credit/zápočet (2 ECTS): for an assessment of orientation on the topics.

Colloquium (4 ECTS): for a submission of a short paper (10-15 pages) on a small linguistic research.

Language of instruction

German

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1441/jaro2016/NJ_KORP/seminar_02.qwarp

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