The course focuses on refining the dissertation project, including the precise formulation of the research problem, a review of the existing body of research, the selection of appropriate methods, techniques, tools, and procedures for project implementation, and the compilation of a collection of primary and secondary sources. It also involves presenting the dissertation project - both orally and in writing - followed by analysis and professional discussion. Incorporating feedback from the winter semester seminar and subsequent consultations with their supervisor during the summer semester, the student shall develop their research project into a written document of at least 10 standard pages (approx. 18,000 characters). This document must meet appropriate standards of content and formal quality and be submitted to the course guarantor two weeks prior to the seminar date. The document must include all essential components from the first semester (research objectives, research questions and hypotheses, specification of the research type, characteristics of the research sample, data collection and analysis methods, potential ethical aspects and research risks, and a timeline). It should take the form of a detailed dissertation outline, citing relevant academic literature for each section, and include thoroughly developed sections on methodology (data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation) as well as a review of the existing body of research. The document must be written in the language of the dissertation (the Romance language of the student's specialization, English, Czech, or Slovak). It will be circulated to all seminar participants for their comments. In addition, the student will prepare a twenty-minute seminar presentation on their project. Either the talk, the visual presentation, or both must be in one of the other prescribed languages - distinct from the language used for the written thesis - to ensure that students with a different language focus can also follow the content. Furthermore, for each presentation given by their peers, the student must prepare at least one question or comment - based on the written paper and/or the presentation itself - 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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The objective of this course is the structured preparation of a dissertation project, ensuring that it meets the methodological and substantive requirements of the doctoral study program and is feasible within the established timeline. The course concludes with an examination, which is a mandatory requirement for advancing to the second year of study.
Students will deepen their knowledge and skills regarding the presentation of their own scholarly work, focusing in particular on the following topics: fundamentals of linguistic methodology, structure of scholarly work, critical evaluation of scholarly work, academic discussion, drafting of scholarly texts, citation and bibliographic referencing, and typographic principles for writing scholarly works.
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