UCJAJNP002 Text Analysis

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UCJAJNP002/A: Fri 30. 9. 8:05–13:50 H1, Fri 21. 10. 8:05–13:50 H1, Fri 4. 11. 8:05–14:40 H1, J. Chovanec
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 aim of the course is to introduce students to the methodological foundations and goals of textual linguistics and to manifest how textual linguistics can be applied in both grammatical and stylistic analyzes, mainly from a functional point of view.
Learning outcomes
The student will gain a theoretical overview of the field of textual linguistics, which will then be applied to textual types
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to textual linguistics
  • 2. Theorem, text and discourse
  • 3. Text and text types
  • 4. Parameters of textuality - grammatical cohesion
  • 5. Parameters of textuality - lexical and lexical-grammatical cohesion
  • 6. Textality parameters - coherence
  • 7. Intentionality, acceptability, intertextuality and situativeness
  • 8. Ejection structure
  • 9. Pseudo-rejection constructions
  • 10. THERE
  • structure 11. Inversion and dislocation from left and right
  • 12. Regularity and irregularity
  • 13. Deviation in the text
Literature
  • McCarthy, M.:. Issues in applied linguistics, CUP, 2001. info
  • Svoboda, A., Hrehovčík, T. An ABC of theoretical and applied linguistics. Opava, 2006. info
  • CATHERINE, Elder. The Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4051-3809-3. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar
Assessment methods
exam
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2022, recent)
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