CJp318 Linguistics of Discourse

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Marie Tušková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
There is presupposed knowledge of the linguistic disciplines that deal with contemporary language - syntax, stylistics and language analysis of the texts. The students acquire the theoretical information about text linguistics (terminology of the text and textual structure, composition, language means of the textual coherence - reference, conective words).
After finishing the course student shall be able:
1. To make that analysis of the language means of textual coherence.
2. To identify the means of the textual coherence in the text.
3. To identify differences between spoken and written texts.
4. To write a short essay that is based on analysis of the textual coherence.
Syllabus
  • 1. Terminology of the text linguistic. Text - talk; sentence - utterance. Monologue, dialogue. Spoken and written tests.
  • Communication and communicative situation/discourse.
  • 2. Text and its code. Types of codes. Lingual and extralingual codes. Intertextuality.
  • 3. The coherence of the texts, language means of the textual coherence. Connective words - connectors. Types of the connectors from structural point of view (words, compound connectors...). Connectors and word cathegories (particles, conjunctions...). The textual function of the connectors.
  • 4. Coreference and alteration. Language means of coreference and alteration.
  • 5. Grammar and the text coherence (grammatical congruence and coherence, syntactical relations and coherence).
  • 6. Semantic relation of the vocabulary in the texts. Semantic identity - absolute identity, parcial identity. Semantic coherence.
  • 7. Connection of the textual units in the texts and connection of the textual units and texts with the discourse.
  • 8. Written and spoken text.
  • 9. Functional perspective of the sentence and text structure. Ellpsis, the types of ellipsis.
  • 10. Irregularities of the sentence in the text. Parenthesis. Independent sentential constituent. Accessory constructions.
  • 11. Language means of the communicative function. Language means of the contact, their function.
  • 12. Complex analysis of the language means of the textual coherence in special texts.
Literature
  • ŠTÍCHA, František a kol. Akademická gramatika spisovné češtiny. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2013, 974 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2205-9. info
  • KOLÁŘOVÁ, Ivana. Textová soudržnost (Textual Cohesiveness). In ŠTÍCHA, F. Akademická gramatika spisovné češtiny. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2013, p. 905-917. Mimo: humanitní vědy. ISBN 978-80-200-2205-9. info
  • KOLÁŘOVÁ, Ivana. Základní jevy koreference (Introduction to the coreference). In Kapitoly z české gramatiky. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2011, p. 979-1000. Lingvistika. ISBN 978-80-200-1845-8. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie. Čeština - řeč a jazyk. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 1996, 380 s. ISBN 80-85866-12-9. info
  • Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Miroslav Grepl - Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 799 s. ISBN 8071061344. info
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Olga. Mluvený text a jeho syntaktická výstavba. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1994, 145 s. ISBN 8020004890. info
  • HRBÁČEK, Josef. Nárys textové syntaxe spisovné češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Trizonia, 1994, 134 s. ISBN 80-85573-51-2. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard. Vývoj jazykovědy po roce 1970. Translated by Jiří Nekvapil - Jana Holšánková. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1991, 303 s. ISBN 80-200-0312-6. info
  • DANEŠ, František, Zdeněk HLAVSA and Miroslav GREPL. Mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 746 s. info
  • DANEŠ, František. Věta a text : studie ze syntaxe spisovné češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1985, 234 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture, reading connected with graphical presentation;
Textual analysis of original texts with graphical presentation;
Identification of language means in text.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: Students submit an essay (5 pages A4) that is based od the analysis of textual composition and textual coherence.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět bude realizován při minimálním počtu 10 zapsaných studentů.
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