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Lecturer(s)
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Huschová Petra, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Milichovská Anna, Mgr.
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Course content
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Introduction to stylistics; style vs. register. Stylistic means at phonetic/phonological and graphetic/graphological level. Stylistic means at morphological and syntactic level. Stylistic means at lexical and semantic level. Textual style markers; text typology. Stylistic analysis; criteria; stylistic parameters of the context. The language of conversation. The language of public speaking. Scientific style; popular scientific style; the language of academic writing. The language of newspaper reporting. Block language; headlines. The language of press advertising. The language of administrative texts; business correspondence; legal documents; written instructions.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces basic concepts of the theory of style and various aspects of stylistic analysis. The aim is to provide a complex description of different text types, functional styles and stylistically relevant linguistic features. Stylistic analysis focuses on scientific style, the language of the media, public speaking and the language of conversation.
Students will be able to analyze various authentic texts, they will improve their competence in describing stylistic features as well as in producing their own texts.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation
active participation in seminars (only 2 seminars can be missed) two written assignments (the tasks and deadlines will be specified in seminars) oral examination (stylistic analysis of a non-literary text)
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Recommended literature
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BELL, A. The Language of News Media.. Blackwell, 1991.
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CLARK, U. An Introduction to Stylistics. Stanley Thornes Publishers Ltd, 1996.
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CRYSTAL, D. and D. DAVY. Investigating English Style. London: Longman, 1997.
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HALLIDAY, M.A.K. Spoken and Written Language. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Hyland, K. Academic Publishing: Issues and Challenges in the Construction of Knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Jeffries, L. and McIntyre, D. Stylistics. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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KNITTLOVÁ, D. Funkční styly v angličtině a češtině. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1990.
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Turner, G.W. Stylistics. Penguin, 1973.
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Urbanová, L a A. Oakland. Úvod do anglické stylistiky. Brno, 2002.
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Urbanová, L. Stylistika anglického jazyka. Brno, 2008.
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VERDONK, P. Stylistics. OUP, 2002.
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WALES, K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2001.
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