SYLLABUS 2023

1.(12/10/23) Introduction. Basic concepts (Essential sources: Halliday, Hasan, chapter 1; moodle 1.4; Recommended sources: Esser 1; Widdowson 1; moodle 1.1; moodle 1.3)

2. (19/10/23) Approaches to style 1. Style and register (Essential sources: Halliday, Hasan, chapters 2-3; Recommended source: moodle 2.2)

3. (26/10/23) Approaches to style 2. Functional approaches to style (Essential sources: Crystal, Davy, esp. Chapter 3; Recommended source: Vachek; Urbanová)

4. (2/11/23) Approaches to style: 3. Other schools and frameworks (Essential source: moodle 2.1; moodle 2.4; Recommended source: Verdonk)

5. (9/11/23) Intertextuality. Prior texts. Text types. Genres (Essential sources: Halliday, Hasan, Coda: Text, Context and Learning Esser 2.3; Esser, 6; Recommended sources: moodle 1.2; moodle 3.3; moodle 3.4)

6. (16/11/23) Structure / organisation of the text (Essential source: moodle 3.1; Recommended source: moodle 3.2)

7. (23/11/23) Texture 1. Cohesion, cohesive ties and the system of cohesive devices (Essential source: moodle 4.1)

8. (2/12/23) Texture 2. Cohesive chains (Essential source: moodle 4.1; Recommended source: moodle 4.2)

9. (7/12/23) Thematic progressions (Essential source: moodle 5.1; Recommended source: moodle 5.2)

10. (14/12/23) Types and build-up of paragraphs, paragraphing (Essential source: mood. 6)

11. (21/12/23) Coherence (Essential source: Halliday, Hasan, chapter 6)

12. (4/1/24) Review; comprehensive analysis of a text sample