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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1) Why to speak / write correctly? 2) The concepts of argument, the argument. Consistency of text. 3) Argumentative text structure I. The concept of syllogism. Universal and unique statements. 4) Argumentative structure of text II. Basic notions of propositional and predicate logic. 5) Argumentative text structure III. Methods of explanation. 6) Competence: Linguistic, semantic, social competence. Primarily text. 7) Stylistic text construction. Ways of intratextual and extratextual reference. 8) Lines of argument in the psychology of mass dialogic text. General principles of dialogue and debate. 9) The most common offenses. 10) Intentional trespass against the conventional use (irony, ridicule, humor ...).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce with the principles of proper argumentation, to learn how to identify weaknesses in the psychology of mass argumentation line of text and be able to avoid them. Therefore, course content is on the edge of several disciplines - in particular, logic, rhetoric and stylistics, in part, the theory of text and psychology. After the text are those considered as manifestations of written and spoken discourse. Besides monological texts the considerable attention is devoted to dialogue, in which the tracking and correcting of the argumentative structure has very important specifics. Selected problem areas of the aforementioned sciences are applied directly to specific examples of texts that students will analyze and evaluate. Topics are chosen so that as much as possible to stimulate discussion in the psychology of mass which students can also try the art of debating and arguing in the psychology of mass practice.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Essay
Credits: - Regular active participation in seminar - preparation for seminars (reading of the assigned texts) - final test Requirements for the colloquium: - an essay on chosen topic (5 pages) and its presentation
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Recommended literature
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Foster, W. T. Argumentation and Debating. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1932.
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Hoffmannová, J. Sémantické a pragmatické aspekty koherence textu. Praha.
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