Course aims:

Introduction of the specific terminology of the discipline
The acquisition of the basic concepts of the discipline
Implementing their practical perspectives on translation and interpretation

Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

I. Theoretical references 1. Text and speech. Types of texts and modes of speech. 2. The device of communication: the communication situation – staging according to the purposes – categories of the languages – the text. 3. The speech acts. The functions of the language. 4. Types of texts: scientific, advertising, information, instruction, etc. Modes of organization of the speech: enunciative, descriptive, narrative, argumentative. II. Applications 5. The “media discourse” type. 6. The “political speech” type. 7. The “commercial speech” type. 8. The scientific speech. 9. The Academic discourse.

Teaching methods:

Discussion, conversation, exemplification, applications

Learning outcomes:

The formation of linguistic thinking; the ability to integrate and to use this knowledge in a professional perspective – the practice of interpretation and translation.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written examination - 100%.

Recommended reading:

Oswald Ducrot et al., Les mots du discours, Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1980,
H. G. Widdowson, Discourse analysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007,
Gillian Brown, George Yule, Discourse analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012,