UCJNNK20 Language in the German Media

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 3 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
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
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.
Syllabus
  • Content
    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
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Self-study instructions will be provided through initial consultations, in the study support containing specific self-study tasks and comprehension checks and also references to the recommended literature.
Students will hand in the completed tasks in writing. These tasks are marked SA in the study support.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2020, recent)
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