The
course is intended to offer you an overview of how different linguistic
features used in different kinds of texts and employed for different
kinds of purposes and effects can be analysed. (How) Does the language
used in, e.g., university textbooks differ from that in, for instance,
novels or newspapers? What is special about the language used in either
of these texts, and have similarities and differences always been like
this or are there any changes – e.g., caused by the increasing use of
electronic communication compared to classic books?
We will clarify what makes a text a text, which criteria can be used to
distinguish different types of texts and then examine how texts differ
linguistically (and stylistically) depending on their intended function
in a specific situation. After an introduction to some theoretical
background, we will apply the theoretical knowledge to existing texts
and when writing our own texts.
- Dozent/in: Sabine Jautz