NJ_KORP Corpus Linguistics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NJ_KORP/01: Fri 4. 3. 9:20–11:55 učebna 28, Fri 8. 4. 9:20–11:55 učebna 28, Fri 6. 5. 9:20–11:55 učebna 28, T. Káňa
NJ_KORP/02: Wed 13:55–14:40 učebna 72, T. Káňa
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of linguistics
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
This course makes the students familiar with the corpus-driven approach to linguistics and helps them in selecting an appropriate corpus and gaining proper data for their needs in their future jobs (as linguists, interpreters, teachers etc.). One of the aims of the course is a critical approach to corpus data. A special attention is given to contrastive researches based on the Czech-German Parallel Corpus.
Syllabus
  • The Corpus, Language corpus and electronic language corpus (a description)
  • Typology of corpora
  • one-language Corpora
  • parallel Corpora
  • Problematic fields of corpora (pro and contras)
  • the most important corpora of German (IDS, DWDS, Wortschatz - Leipzig)
  • The Czech National Corpus and the project “InterCorp”
  • The Czech-German Parallel Corpus
  • Working with the "KonText" corpus manager (main features)
Literature
    required literature
  • KÁŇA, Tomáš. Sprachkorpora in Unterricht und Forschung DaF/DaZ (Corpuses in Teaching and Researching German as a Foreign Language). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 243 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6994-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Wichmann, Anne / Fligelstone Steven / McEnery Tony / Knowles Gerry [eds.]: Teaching and language corpora. London - New York: Longman; 1997. ISBN 0-582-27609-8 (Od Brna nejblíž dostupné v UB Wien.)
  • Český národní korpus :úvod a příručka uživatele. Edited by Jan Kocek - Marie Kopřivová - Karel Kučera. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filozofická fakulta UK - Ústav Českého národního korpusu, 2000, 156 s. ISBN 80-85899-94-9. info
Teaching methods
discussions on corpora – comparing their advantages and disadvantages; practical usage of corpora (work with different corpus manager); short papers on corpus driven researches
Assessment methods
Credit (z): for a presentation of a seminar paper (10-15 mins.) on a small linguistic research.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Výuka probíhá v pátek.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: nebo 6 hodin v kombinované formě, 3 bloky v pátek.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1441/jaro2016/NJ_KORP/seminar_02.qwarp
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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