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KAA / MSTYL
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAA
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MSTYL
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Stylistics
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
4
Cred.
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Type of completion
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-
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Type of completion
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-
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Time requirements
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Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / 34
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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KAA/STYLI
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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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. An additional objective is to integrate relevant concepts of other linguistic courses into Stylistics.
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Requirements on student
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active participation in seminars
stylistic analysis of a selected text + presentation of the analysis in a seminar
written assignment (instructions in LMS Moodle)
oral examination (stylistic analysis of a non-literary text)
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Content
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Introduction to stylistics, style and register.
Stylistic means at phonetic/phonological and graphetic/graphological level.
Stylistic means at morpho-syntactic and lexico-semantic level.
Textual style markers, text typology.
Stylistic analysis, stylistic parameters of context, situational characteristics of registers.
The language of conversation.
Registers in electronic communication: e-mail messages, e-forum postings, text messages.
The language of public speaking.
News discourse, the language of newspaper reporting, headlines.
The language of press advertising.
Academic discourse, the language of academic writing, popular scientific style.
The language of administrative texts, legal documents.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Carter, R. and A. Goddard. How to Analyse Texts: A Toolkit for Students of English. London: Routledge, 2016.
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Basic:
CRYSTAL, D. and D. DAVY. Investigating English Style. London: Longman, 1997.
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Basic:
Biber, D. and S. Conrad. Register, Genre, and Style. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Basic:
Jeffries, L. and McIntyre, D. Stylistics. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Basic:
Urbanová, L. Stylistika anglického jazyka. Brno, 2008.
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Recommended:
WALES, K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2001.
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Recommended:
Hyland, K. Academic Publishing: Issues and Challenges in the Construction of Knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Recommended:
KNITTLOVÁ, D. Funkční styly v angličtině a češtině. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1990.
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Recommended:
Vachek, J. Chapters from Modern English Lexicology and Stylistics. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1991.
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Recommended:
Miššíková, G. Linguistic Stylistics. Nitra: Filozofická fakulta, 2003.
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Recommended:
Bednarek, M. and H. Caple. News Discourse. London/New York: Continuum, 2012.
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Recommended:
Sindoni, M.G. Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions: A Multimodal Approach. New York/London: Routledge, 2015.
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Recommended:
HALLIDAY, M.A.K. Spoken and Written Language. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Recommended:
BELL, A. The Language of News Media.. Blackwell, 1991.
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Recommended:
Hickey, L. The Pragmatics of Style. London/New York: Routledge, 2015.
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Kontaktní výuka
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26
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Individual project
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13
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Příprava na zkoušku
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30
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Příprava prezentace (referátu) v cizím jazyce
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13
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Samostatná kritická četba
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30
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Total
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112
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Methods of individual activities
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Assessment methods |
- Oral examination
- Home assignment evaluation
- Work-related product analysis
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