| Course title | Models of Explanation in Linguistics |
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| Course code | KOL/VMVL |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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(1) Explanation and prediction in the analytic tradition Explanatory models (2) Causal and teleological explanation (3) deductive-nomological model of explanation (4) inductive-statistical model of explanation (5) Functional explanatory model Explanatory models in linguistics (6) Semantic and pragmatic aspects of explanation 1 (7) Semantic and pragmatic aspects of explanation 2 Explanatory models of quantitative linguistics (8) Explanatory reduction and holistic approach (9) Criticism of explanation used in synergistic linguistics
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work |
| Learning outcomes |
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The course is focused on explanatory models implicitly or otherwise assumed by more or less every linguistic theory. Students will learn about major existing explanatory models and how far they can go both in long-established theories (structural linguistics, generative grammar etc.) and in modern theories (quantitative linguistics etc.); the goal is to equip students with fundamental skills needed to build an explanatory rather than merely descriptive model to support a linguistic theory. The topics covered in the course include: overview of explanatory models, explanatory models used linguistics, functional explanation, criticism of explanatory models used in synergistic linguistics.
Conceptual analysis Scholarly text analysis Scholarly text analysis - other than CZ Presentation |
| Prerequisites |
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No prerequisite courses The course is open for students of any year (the contents can be tailored to the needs/abilities of enrolled students) Students are expected to be able to read English-written materials
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written exam, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student
(1) regular class attendance (80%) (2) regular homework / reading assignments (3) presentation (4) one-to-one discussion of a selected text (students are expected to be knowledgeable in selected topics and know the extended/recommended literature) |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics and Theory of Communication (2014) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2022) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |