UCJ02017 Linguistic Propaedeutics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Kučerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the present situation of Czech Anglophone studies and give them an opportunity to learn about, understand and use professional literature and basic linguistic terminology so that they are well informed about their study program and practical issues of their studies
Syllabus
  • 1. Language and communication, Definition of language, Language typology
    2. English as a world language, Germanic languages, Accents and standards
    3. Linguistics - scientific study of language, Structuralism, The scope of linguistics
    4. Grammar, morphology, syntax
    5. Phonetics and phonology
    6. Word stock, lexicology and lexicography
    7. The linguistic sign - semantics and semiotics
    8. Obtaining linguistic data - corpus linguistics, Corpus annotation, Types of corpora
    9. Language and mind - psycholinguistics, Idiolect, Speech disorders
    10. Language and society - sociolinguistics, Sociolect, Dialect
    11. Language and logic - pragmalinguistics, Cooperative Principle, Politeness Principle
    12. Text linguistics and functional stylistics
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
the overall knowledge of the topic in syllabus and an exam at the end of the semestr
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