Doctoral study of the study programme Philology, Corpus Linguistics with specializations in English and German
Address of the faculty:
Silesian University in Opava
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Institute of Foreign Languages
Masarykova trida 343/37
746 01 Opava
Email: gabriela.pudova (at) fpf.slu.cz
Tel.: +420 553 684 461
Fax.: +420 553 684 463
Contact address for applications:
Silesian university in Opava
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Department of Science and International relations
Bc. Eva Jakubcova
Masarykova trida 343/37
Opava
CZ - 746 01
Email: eva.jakubcova (at) fpf.slu.cz
Tel: +420 553 684 252
Course description:
Corpus linguistics ranks among most effective methods for language data processing and interpretation. A successful graduate will be provided with competencies comprising philosophy of the language, corpus building methodology, interpretation of data acquired and creative applications in the following fields:
The programme is carried out in collaboration with Julius –Maxmilians-Universität Wuerzburg (Germany).
Profile of the graduate:
The graduates can seek positions of research or teaching staff in the institutions of higher education, in RD departments, in companies implementing and utilizing modern language technologies. Due to close co-operation with Julius –Maxmilians-Universität Wuerzburg (Germany) graduates will be competent in English and German.
Curriculum
Basic modules 1 Theoretical courses |
Basic modules 2 Corpus and computational linguistics |
Apllied modules Corpus linguistics |
History of linguistics (A) |
Natural language processing (NLP) (A) |
Linguistic interpretation of language data (A) |
Philosophy (A) |
Corpus architecture and text encoding (A) |
Linguistics of the language structure (B) |
Foreign language (A) |
Programming tools (B) |
Corpus data in lexicology and lexicography (B) |
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Databanks and Datamining (B) |
Language varieties: Spoken language (B) |
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Statistics in linguistics (B) |
Processing of historical corpora (B) |
Requirements:
All credits „A“
Two „B“ credits in applied modules
Course |
Requirement |
Responsible faculty member |
History of linguistics |
Exam |
Prof. PhDr. Aleš Svoboda, DrSc. |
Philosophy of language |
Exam |
Doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Novotný, CSc. |
Foreign language[1] |
Exam |
IFL FPF SU |
[1] According to language in focus
Course |
Requirement |
Responsible faculty member |
Natural language processing |
Exam |
RNDr. Petr Strossa, CSc. |
Corpus architecture and text encoding |
Exam |
Prof. Dr. Werner Wegstein |
Course |
Requirement |
Responsible faculty member |
Programming tools |
Exam |
Doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr. |
Statistics in linguistics |
Exam |
Prof. Ing. Dušan Marček, CSc. |
Datamining |
Exam |
Prof. Ing. Dušan Marček, CSc. |
Course |
Requirement |
Responsible faculty member |
Linguistic interpretation of language data |
Exam |
Prof. Dr. Norbert Richard Wolf |
Course |
Requirement |
Responsible board member |
Linguistics of language system (B) |
Exam |
Prof. Dr. Norbert Richard Wolf Prof. PhDr. Jarmila Tárnyiková, CSc. |
Corpus data in lexicology and lexicography (B) |
Exam |
Priv.-Doz. PhDr. Iva Kratochvílová, Ph.D. Doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. |
Language varieties - Spoken language (B) |
Exam |
Prof. Dr. Johannes Schwitalla Doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. |
Processing of historical corpora (B) |
Exam |
Priv.-Doz. Doc. PhDr. Lenka Vaňková, Dr. |
Students will have their own advisor with whom an individual study programme will be elaborated. They have to complete all the compulsory courses (credits A) and at least two optional courses from the application module (credits B).
The doctoral programme is completed by the state PhD examination and defence of the dissertation.
Board of study:
Prof. Dr. Norbert Richard Wolf
Doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Priv.-Doz. PhDr. Iva Kratochvílová, Ph.D.
Doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Novotný, CSc.
Doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr.
Prof. PhDr. Jarmila Tárnyiková, CSc.
Priv.-Doz. PhDr. Lenka Vaňková, Dr.
Prof. Dr. Werner Wegstein