COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEXTLINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 2052 TEXTLINGUISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the concept of text as a communication unit, the conditions of the text prduction, the phase of production of the text and the text types.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To distinguish genre and the text types according to the linguistic criteria
2   To be able to explain the relationship between textlinguistics and other linguistics fields and theories
3   To be able to realize the phase of the text production and use them in creating or producing text
4   Distinguish the relationship between the concepts of text linguistics and other linguistic linguistic concepts
5   To describe, analyse, and interpret the style and type of texts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic concepts of linguistics and the relationship between text Reading as a social activity
2 Text as a communicative concept and language functions
3 Retoric
4 The conceptual text definitions Extratextuality in the published material
5 Text in terms of macrostructure and microstructure
6 The history of textlinguistics
7 Midterm
8 The history of textlinguistics and its relation with other fields
9 Textuality criteria: text-based criteria
10 Textuality criteria: user-based criteria
11 Textuality criteria: exercices
12 The phase of text production
13 Text types
14 Genre
15 General assesment
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Adam, J. M. (1999). Linguistique Textuelle, Des Genres de Discourse aux Textes. Paris: Nathan.
2. De Beaugrande R. (1981). Text Production.Ablex Publlishing Corporation.
3. De Beaugrande R. & Dressler, W. U. (1981) Introduction to Text Linguistics. London: Longman.
4. Dilidüzgün, Ş. (2017). Metindilbilim ve Türkçe Öğretimi: Uygulamalı Bir Yaklaşım. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
5. Douglas, B. (1989). A Typlology of English Texts. Linguistics, 27,3-43.
6. Günay, V. D. (2007) Metin Bilgisi. Istanbul: Multilingual.
7. Halliday, M: A:K., Hasan, R. (1976).Cohesion in English. London: Longman.
8. Işeri, K. (2018). Sözden Yazıya Dile Gelen Metin. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
9. Renkema, J. (2014). Introduction to Discourse Studies. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
10. Rifat, M. (2007) Metnin Sesi. Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
11. Torusdağ, G. ve Aydın I. (2017). Metindilbilim ve Örnek Çözümlemeleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
12. Widdowson, H. G. (2004). Text, Context, Pretext. USA: Blackwell.
13. Yılmaz, E. (2010). Uygulamalı Metin Bilgisi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated through mid-term and final examinations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- Class attendance of 70% is obligatory.
2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for the late submission of
assignments/projects.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kamil.iseri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 09:00-10:00
B 461.1

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1
LO.25555
LO.35
LO.455
LO.55