Text Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Course: «Applied (computer) Linguistics and English language»
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Text Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Code
ДВС 1.02.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. To work with information effectively: to select necessary information from different sources, in particular from professional literature and electronic bases; to analyze and interpret it critically; to arrange it and make proper classification and systematization.
PLO 7. To understand major problems of philology and approaches to their solution with the use of relevant methods, in particular, innovative interdisciplinary approaches of applied (computational) linguistics and information technologies; to explain their interrelation in the integrated system of interdisciplinary knowledge.
PLO 8. To know the systemic characteristics of the Ukrainian and English languages, structural and systemic organization of the written and oral texts as a verbal communication mechanism; to know the general properties of literature as an art of word and be able to use this knowledge in professional activity.
PLO 11, PRN 15.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The program is designed for students who, during the first, second, third, and fourth semesters, studied linguistic disciplines and successfully mastered the theoretical foundations of general linguistics, phonetics, grammar, semasiology, and stylistics of the Ukrainian language. Students must have a sufficient level of mastery, know: basic linguistic terms; principles of language material analysis; peculiarities of semantics and functioning of units of all language levels; be able to: apply linguistic tools in practice; master the techniques and methods of linguistic analysis of units of different language levels.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to form students' systematized knowledge of theoretical principles, sources, methodology of text linguistics and discourse studies, traditional and new approaches to the study and interpretation of text/discourse, classification of texts, categories of text/discourse; to develop the skills of linguistic discursive analysis of the text and its components.
To achieve this goal, it is planned to acquaint students with the category-conceptual apparatus of text linguistics and discourse studies; highlight the question of the relationship between the concepts of text and discourse; characterize the place of the text/discourse in the system of language units; consider the types of texts and types of discourses; reveal the main features of the text/discourse; outline the principles of structural-semantic and communicative-pragmatic text/discourse analysis.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminar classes, and independent work.
Educational activities during the semester:
• answer at the seminar session;
• a task that students perform during independent work;
• presentation;
• intermediate control – written tests on subjects of the academic discipline;
• text analysis.
Assessment methods and criteria
answer at the seminar session: 10 points;
the task that students perform during independent work: 15 points;
presentation: 20 points;
written tests: 35 points;
text analysis: 20 points
there is no final assessment.
Language of instruction
Ukrainіаn
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Liliia
Mykolajivna
Kostych
Department of Ukrainian Language and Applied Linguistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Ukrainian Language and Applied Linguistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology