NJ_G600 Text Linguistics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
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)
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
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Average knowledge of language functioning and of the language system.
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
The main objective of the course is to acquaint students with the main branches and scientific results in the field of linguistics of discourse. Further on they gain knowledge of the importance of the text analysis for foreign language teaching. They are also able to set the text analysis reasonably into foreign language courses.
Learning outcomes
Students can:
- define text as a language sign;
- distinguish a text from a "non-text"
- identify textypes and describe their main features;
- precisely describe structures of text relevant for German as a foreign language;
- teach the basic issues of text linguistics.
Syllabus
  • - Linguistics of text in the philology
  • - Definition of text
  • - Features of a text and a "non-text"
  • - Dependencies within texts
  • - Intentionality, informative value and acceptability as criteria for texts
  • - Hyper-structures among texts
Literature
    required literature
  • ENGEL, Ulrich. Deutsche Grammatik. 2. veb. Aufl. Heidelberg: Julius Groos Verlag, 1988, 888 s. ISBN 3-87276-600-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Text-Arbeiten : Textsorten im fremd- und muttersprachlichen Unterricht an Schule und Hochschule. Edited by Kirsten Adamzik - Wolf-Dieter Krause. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 2005, vi, 247. ISBN 3823361554. info
  • BRINKER, Klaus. Linguistische Textanalyse : eine Einführung in Grundbegriffe und Methoden. 5., durchgesehene und erg. A. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2001, 168 s. ISBN 3503049959. info
  • COSERIU, Eugenio. Textlinguistik : eine Einführung. Edited by Jörn Albrecht. 3., überarb. und erweit. Au. Tübingen: Francke Verlag, 1994, xv, 252. ISBN 3825218082. info
  • BEAUGRANDE, Robert-Alain. Einfuhrung in die Textlinguistik. Tubingen: Niemeyer, 1981, 290 s. ISBN 3-484-22028-7. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars; discussion on text analysis
Assessment methods
Description of a text type; a complex analysis of a chosen text
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý druhý týden v kombinované formě.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018.
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