Overview
Lecturer
Iuliana Maria Wainberg-Drăghiciu
Seminar tutor
Iuliana Maria Wainberg-Drăghiciu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Language and literature
Field of study
Romanian Language and Literature - English Language and Literature
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Discussion, conversation, exemplification, applications
Entry requirements
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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 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.
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.
Assessment
Written examination - 100%.
Recommended reading
Les mots du discours
Oswald Ducrot et al.
Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1980
Discourse analysis
H. G. Widdowson
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
Discourse analysis
Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012