Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
The function of the course is partly to remedy, and partly to deepen and enhance the students’ understanding of selected areas of the English language. It focuses mainly on the parole disciplines. It interlinks the theoretical background with the analysis of authentic texts, employing a contrastive approach to genres and languages.
Topics:
1.Text linguistics, standards of textuality, cohesion and coherence, functional sentence perspective
2.Text linguistics and stylistics: register, genre, text type, intertextuality
3.Stylistics: stylistically marked means, spoken and written language
4.Pragmatics: basic principles, conversational maxims, politeness
5.Sociolinguistics: dialect, regional and social varieties of English
6.Psycholinguistics, informativity
7.Complex analysis of a text
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
The function of the course is partly to remedy, and partly to deepen and enhance the students’ understanding of selected areas of the English language. It focuses mainly on the parole disciplines. It interlinks the theoretical background with the analysis of authentic texts, employing a contrastive approach to genres and languages.
Topics:
1.Text linguistics, standards of textuality, cohesion and coherence, functional sentence perspective
2.Text linguistics and stylistics: register, genre, text type, intertextuality
3.Stylistics: stylistically marked means, spoken and written language
4.Pragmatics: basic principles, conversational maxims, politeness
5.Sociolinguistics: dialect, regional and social varieties of English
6.Psycholinguistics, informativity
7.Complex analysis of a text
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
AARTS, B. and MCMAHON, A. (eds) The Handbook of English Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-4051-1382-3.
CUTTING, J. Pragmatics and Discourse. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-4154-4667-9.
FIELD, J. Psycholinguistics. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-4152-7600-9.
HOLMES, J. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Routledge, 4th ed., 2013. ISBN 978-1408276747.
TÁRNYIKOVÁ, J. From Text to Texture. An Introduction to Processing Strategies. Olomouc: UPOL, 2009. ISBN: 978-8-0244-2429-3.
WIDDOWSON, H. G. Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-19 438921-1
YULE, G. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 1996. ISBN 0194372073
YULE, G. The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 7th ed., 2020. ISBN 978-1-1085-8288-9.
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
AARTS, B. and MCMAHON, A. (eds) The Handbook of English Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-4051-1382-3.
CUTTING, J. Pragmatics and Discourse. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-4154-4667-9.
FIELD, J. Psycholinguistics. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-4152-7600-9.
HOLMES, J. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Routledge, 4th ed., 2013. ISBN 978-1408276747.
TÁRNYIKOVÁ, J. From Text to Texture. An Introduction to Processing Strategies. Olomouc: UPOL, 2009. ISBN: 978-8-0244-2429-3.
WIDDOWSON, H. G. Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-19 438921-1
YULE, G. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 1996. ISBN 0194372073
YULE, G. The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 7th ed., 2020. ISBN 978-1-1085-8288-9.
