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:

Discourse analysis – interdisciplinary space. Postulates of discourse analysis. Key concepts in discourse analysis. Definition of the discourse. Types of discourse.Discourse/ text. Structural discursive types. Discourse structure: semantic structure, rhetorical structure, informational structure. Elements of the rhetorical system. Theory of argumentation. Media discourse. Political discourse. Advertising discourse. Scientific discourse. Academic discourse. The phenomenon of fake news. Case study: speeches by Winston Churchill, Barack Obama, Pope Francis etc

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,
Gee, J. P,, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. Theory and Method,, Routledge, London, 1999,