UCJNU017 Language in the German Media

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
Course objectives
The course deals with contemporary linguistic and communicatively pragmatic tendencies in the press, journalism and electronic mass media. It is supplemented by some of the German and Austrian newspapers characteristics. The seminar focuses on the linguistic analysis of specific newspaper texts and linguistic curiosities of newspaper genres. Literatura BIERE, Bernd Ulrich / HENNE, Helmut: Sprache in den Medien nach 1945. Tübingen 1993. BUCHER, Hans-Jürgen: Pressekommunikation. Grundstrukturen einer öffentlichen Form der Kommunikation aus linguistischer Sicht. Tübingen 1986. HÜFFEL, Clemens: Die Medienlandschaft in Deutschland und Österreich: Zahlen - Daten - Fakten. Wien 2001. LÜGER, H.-H.: Pressesprache. Germanistische Arbeitshefte, Band 28. Tübingen 1995. MALÁ, Jiřina: Einführung in die deutsche Stilistik. 2.vyd. Masarykova univerzita v Brně 1996. MALÁ, Jiřina: Stilistische Textanalyse: Grundlagen und Methoden. Brno: Masarykova univerzita 2009. SANDIG, Barbara: Stilistik der deutschen Sprache. Berlin 1986.
Syllabus
  • 1. Classification of the mass media
    2. Language of the press
    3. Newspaper genres
    4. Language of evaluation
    5. Metaphorical language
    6. Newspapers and colloquial language
    7. Synonymy
    8. Technical and foreign words
    9. Language of newspaper headlines
    10. Language economy
    11. Phraseologisms in newspapers
    12. Current topic
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
- 80% active participation
- short contribution to the lecture topic
- sitting an oral exam
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016.
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