LT5456 - Text Linguistics

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Linguistics and Translation
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course aims to examine how textual constituents are related and organized in speech and writing. Moreover the interdependence of the communicative, pragmatic and semiotic dimensions of context will be considered.


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Exam: Mastery of concepts and techniques, ability to analyze and explain the functional-semantic features of a text. Questions will be set to test students' understanding of key concepts, ability to elaborate them in different linguistic topics. Questions will also be set to test students' ability of applying the introduced methodology to identify the essential elements and formulate the hierarchical structure of a text. (CILO No.1-4)

Examination Duration: 2 hours
 
Detailed Course Information
LT5456.pdf