UCJNNP20 Language in the German Media

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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. 1. Einteilung der Massenmedien, charakteristische Merkmale, Kommunikationsbereiche 2. Pressesprache 3. Alltagssprache, geschrieben vs. gesprochen 4. Wechsel im Ausdruck, Bildliche Sprache 5. Wertende Sprache, Phraseologismen 6. Fach- und Fremdwörter, Dialektismen, Neologismen 7. Briefwechsel Brief, E-Mail, SMS 8. Chat-Kommunikation 9. Sprachökonomie und Medien 10. Zum Sprachgebrauch zusammenfassend 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. Sandig, Barbara: Stilistik der deutschen Sprache. Berlin 1986. Texts in MOODLE
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 Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015.
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