The Language of Argumentation

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Course ID:	3003-C262JK1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (0232) Literature and linguistics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	The Language of Argumentation
Name in Polish:	Język argumentacji
Organizational unit:	Institute of Polish Language
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	Master's seminars
Prerequisites (description):	The class is a continuation of a seminar held in the previous academic year. The seminar will focus on the continuation and development of topics covered in the previous year, and on methodological issues that will enable students to prepare their theses. The classes are intended for students who have completed the first year of graduate studies.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The main focus of the seminar will be the language of argumentation. The basic functions of an argumentative utterance are to justify a given belief (cognitive function) and to persuade the audience to accept it (persuasive function). The combination of these two functions makes argumentative utterances an interesting but also cumbersome research subject.
Full description:	The aim of the seminar will be to continue and develop the themes discussed during the first year of the seminar. The main subject of the first semester will be a) analysis of selected examples of argumentative texts, b) review and redefinition of selected argumentation schemes, c) corpus-based approaches to pragmatics and argumentation: elements of corpus-based pragmatics, review of existing argumentation corpora and approaches to annotation of argumentative texts. In the second semester, the seminar participants will successively present the results achieved during the preparation of their theses. Detailed selection of readings and topics will be subordinated to the interests and research needs of participants.
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Learning outcomes:	Upon completion of the course the student: - knows linguistic terminology in the field of pragmatics, including corpus pragmatics, and is able to use it, - analyses the text in terms of its cognitive and persuasive functions, taking into account argumentation schemes and persuasive operators,, - creates and analyses a corpus of texts, in particular of an argumentative nature, - is able to search for required information, - is familiar with methods and ethical issues of research work.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance and active participation in classes (e.g. presentation of a talk, familiarity with relevant texts), tests and written assignments. To obtain credit for the seminar, it is necessary to complete the thesis.

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