UCJAJNP004 Pragmatic Stylistics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2024
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
Wed 6. 3. 11:25–13:00 H8, Wed 27. 3. 11:25–13:00 H8, Wed 17. 4. 11:25–13:00 H8
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UCJAJNP004/A: Wed 6. 3. 13:05–14:40 H8, Wed 27. 3. 13:05–14:40 H8, Wed 17. 4. 13:05–14:40 H8, 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 course introduces students into the sociopragmatic analysis of fictional and non-fictional texts. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on key concepts from sociolinguistics, pragmatics and stylistics, in order to help us to understand how texts are – given the conventional genre constraints – shaped by users’ communicative goals in specific social contexts. The course presents the key concepts of the discipline and applies them to the practical analysis of the style of diverse texts and formats of public discourses.
Learning outcomes
Students acquire an overview of the methods of text linguistics which they will apply on various text types.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course
  • 2. Language variation: dialect, register, genre, style
  • 3. Text and discourse: cohesion, coherence, deixis, discourse markers
  • 4. Key concepts (sociolinguistics): design, stylization, identity, indexicality
  • 5. Key concepts (stylistics): foregrounding, discourse representation, tropes
  • 6. Key concepts (pragmatics): speech acts, politeness, face
  • 7. Authentic and scripted conversation
  • 8. Spoken and written language of law
  • 9. Language of printed news
  • 10. Discourse of broadcasting
  • 11. Language and style of online media
  • 12. Lifestyle genres, entertainment and talk shows
  • 13. Language and interaction in social media contexts
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2025.
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