The course covers an introduction to various linguistic research methods (including corpus linguistics and other "digital humanities" approaches), the presentation of students' own research proposals (both orally and in writing), and detailed expert analysis and discussion of these projects. Through this process, students will enhance their ability to present their own academic work, focusing on areas such as the fundamentals of linguistic methodology, the structure of academic papers, critical evaluation of research, academic discourse, the drafting of scholarly texts, citation and bibliographic referencing, typographic standards for academic writing, and ethical issues related to research and publication. During the winter semester of their first year, students are required to develop their research project - incorporating any feedback provided by the admissions committee and following consultations with their supervisor - into a written document of at least 5 standard pages (approx. 9,000 characters including spaces). This document must meet appropriate standards of content and formal quality and be submitted to the seminar coordinator two weeks prior to the seminar date. The written research project should, at a minimum, include: research objectives, research questions and hypotheses; the type of research (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods); a description of the research sample; data collection and analysis methods; potential ethical considerations and research risks (along with proposed solutions); and a project timeline. This paper will be circulated among all seminar participants for comments. During the seminar, the student will also present their project orally, in the form of a twenty-minute talk accompanied by a presentation. The written paper, the presentation, and the oral talk must not all be in the same language; rather, at least two different languages must be used (chosen from Romance languages, English, or Czech) to ensure that students with different linguistic specializations can also follow the work (e.g., a written paper in English, with the talk and presentation in the Romance language of the student's specialization). The specific language combination is to be selected by the student in consultation with their supervisor. Furthermore, for each of their peers' contributions - based on the written paper and/or the talk and presentation - the student must prepare at least one question or comment addressing the methodological, substantive, or formal aspects of the work. Required study literature: ČERMÁK, František: Základy lingvistické metodologie: Nástin hlavních principů na pozadí obecné teorie vědy. Praha: Karolinum, 1997 (Research methods in linguistics: Essential principles, based on a general theory of science. Praze: Karolinum, 2002). ČERMÁK, Petr, Olga NADVORNÍKOVÁ et al.: Románské jazyky ve světle paralelních korpusů. Praha: Karolinum, 2015. ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ a Jindra SVĚTLÁ: Jak napsat odborný text. Praha: Leda, 1999. LEHEČKOVÁ, Eva, a Jan CHROMÝ (eds.): Teoreticko-metodologické výhledy současné lingvistiky. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 2013. Recommended study literature: ČERMÁK, František (ed.): Korpusová lingvistika Praha 2011. Sv. 1, InterCorp. Praha: NLN, 2011. ČERMÁK, František (ed.): Korpusová lingvistika Praha 2011. Sv. 2, Výzkum a výstavba korpusů. Praha: NLN, 2011. ČERMÁK, František, a Jan KOCEK (eds.): Mnohojazyčný korpus InterCorp: Možnosti studia. Praha: NLN, 2010. MLA: MLA Handbook. 9. vyd. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2021. MARTÍNEZ DE SOUSA, José: Manual de estilo de la lengua espa?ola (MELE 5). 5., rev. vyd. Gijón: Trea, 2015. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS: The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers. 18. vyd. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
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