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Course: Textual Linguistics

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Course title Textual Linguistics
Course code URO/0TLS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pešková Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Typology of texts and their functions 2. Cohesion, coherence. Mechanisms of cohesion: grammatical, lexical, 3. Coherence and non-coherence relations in the text. 4.-5. Intra-textual referencing: types of anaphoric and cataphoric relations. 6. Ellipsis. Types of ellipsis, text-forming function, ellipsis in Spanish vs. English. 7.-9. Deixe: means of deixe. Personal, spatial, temporal and textual deixis. Contrastive differences. 10. Connectors and organizers of text. Connectors as means of text and discourse organization. Classification, functions, contrastive comparison of chi/sj. 11. Thematic sequence. Thematic sequences in narration and description. 12-13. Principles of computer annotation of textual relations.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present to the students a linguistic theory of text. Text will be treated both from the structural and from the pragmatic point of view (relation text - discourse). During the classes is taken into account the contrastive point of view.
The student will be able to analyze and confront with Spanish texts of different types.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Analysis of creative work (musical, visual, literary)

Regular attendance (3 absences allowed). Active participation in class. Preparation of seminar paper (annotation of coreferential relations in the text). The grade of the paper will be added to the exam result. Oral examination to verify knowledge of the material covered.
Recommended literature
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny online.
  • BEAUGRANDE, R. - DRESSLER, W. (1997). Introducción a la lingüística del texto, Barcelona, Ariel..
  • Casado Velarde, Manuel. Introducción a la gramática del texto del espaňol. Madrid : Arco Libros, 1993. ISBN 84-7635-131-3.
  • Cuenca, Maria Josep. Comentario de textos : los mecanismos referenciales. Madrid Arco/Libros, S.L., 2000. ISBN 84-7635-435-5.
  • Cuenca, Maria Josep. Gramática del texto. Madrid : Arco/Libros, 2010. ISBN 978-84-7635-788-0.
  • DANEŠ, F. - HLAVSA, Z. - GREPL, M. (1987). Mluvnice češtiny 3, Praha, Academia..
  • DIJK, T. A. van (1983). La ciencia del texto, Paidós, Barcelona..
  • Domínguez García, Lorena; Lucas Lastra, Sheila; Recio Diego, Álvaro; Tomé Cornejo, Carmela; Borrego Nieto, Julio. Gramática de referencia para la ense?anza de espa?ol : la combinación de oraciones. 1a edición. Salamanca : Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2013. ISBN 978-84-9012-375-1.
  • ESCANDELL VIDAL, M. V. (1996). Introducción a la pragmática, Ariel, Barcelona..
  • HOFFMANNOVÁ, J. (1997). Stylistika a ... Praha, Trizonia, 1997..
  • HRBÁČEK, J. (1994). Nárys syntaxe spisovné češtiny, Praha, Trizonia..
  • JAKLOVÁ, A. (1991). Úvod do textové lingvistiky, Jihočeská univerzita, České Budějovice..
  • LOZANO, J. - PENA, C. & Abril, G. (1982). Análisis del discurso, Cátedra, Madrid..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 13.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026