- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
Acquiring theoretical knowledge of professional lexis and terminology of the German language, necessary for effective work with professional text.
Understanding the basic principles of the functioning of professional vocabulary and the creation of professional style.
Mastering professional vocabulary and professional terminology.
The subject covers the issue of use and the development of professional style as an interrelated and interdependent whole.
Competences:
Acquiring the ability to create a text in a professional style.
Competence to master the correct use of adequate vocabulary in professional spoken or written text in an adequate style.
Ability to create and use synonyms, understand semantic relationships in professional vocabulary
Acquiring the ability to understand professional vocabulary and professional style in the German language.
Skills:
Acquiring the practical skills in professional lexis and terminology of the German language needed for effective work with professional text.
Acquiring the skills to produce spoken or written professional text with adequate means of expression.
Acquiring the skills in searching, processing and using professional lexis and in producing spoken or written texts in a professional style.
Ability to process and analyse information from a professional text from a variety of sources and apply it in practical situations.
Indicative content
- Lexeme as a basic unit of lexicology, lexical meaning, vocabulary differentiation, types of dictionaries, semantic relations
- Linguistic styles, typology, characteristics, choice of stylistic devices
- Specialised single and multi-word denotations, collocations, terms
- Professional lexis and economic style
- Other professional texts (political, social, medical, legal, environmental)
Support literature
Required:
1. RÖMER, Christine. Der deutsche Wortschatz: Struktur, Regeln und Merkmale. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2019. 234 pp. ISBN: 978-3-8233-8288-1.
2. SANDIG, Barbara. Stlistik der deutschen Sprache. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. 368 pp. ISBN 9783110832907.
3. ROELCKE, Thorsten. Fachsprachen. Berlin: Schmidt, 2020. 372 pp. ISBN 9783503188024
Optional:
1. ADAMCOVÁ, Silvia. Usuelle Wortverbindungen in der deutschen Wirtschaftssprache und ihre Widerspeigelugen in mehreren Sprachen. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2020. 273 pp. ISBN 9783339110206
2. MUSHCHININA, Maria. Sprachverwendung und Normvorstellung in der Fachkommunikation. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2017. 443 pp. ISBN: 9783732902934
3. KRIEG.HOLZ, Ulrike – BÜLOW, Lars. Linguistische Stil- und Textanalyse: Eine Einführung. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2016. 288 pp. ISBN: 978-3-8233-6769-7.
4. TOSCHER, Franziska. Die Fachsprache der Geschichtswissenschaft: Wissenstransfer – Subjektivität – Übersetzung. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2019. 381 pp. ISBN: 9783732905546
5. WERGEN, Josef – WÖRNER, Annette. Bürokommunikation Deutsch. Stuttgart: PONS, 2017. 208 pp. ISBN 9783125629080
6. ŠTEFAŇÁKOVÁ, Jana – TUHÁRSKA, Zuzana. Fachtext – Terminus – Übersetzung. Theoretische und praktische Einführung in die Fachsprache und fachsprachliche Textarbeit am Beispiel der 'Steuersprache'. Banská Bystrica: Belianum, 2015. 163 pp. ISBN 978-80-557-0994-9.
7. TUHÁRSKA, Zuzana. Text als Medium der Informationsvermittlung: eine Studie zur Textsorte "didaktisch angelegter fachsprachlicher Text" unter Berücksichtigung pragmasyntaktischer Ansätze. In: Aussiger Beiträge. - Ústí nad Labem : Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2015. - ISSN 1802-6419. - Roč. 9, č. 9 (2015), s. 229-249. (SCOPUS, ERIH PLUS)
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 30 %
Final evaluation: 70 %
Student workload
Total study load (in hours):
Full-time study: 104 hours
26 hours of seminars
26 hours of preparation for the seminars and for the interim evaluation
52 hours of preparation for the exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
German
Date of approval: 18.01.2022
Date of the latest change: 05.05.2022