General Information

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:

• Natural language processing
• Structure analysis of the language (lexicon, grammar, phonology, pragmatics)
• Lexicography and translatology
• Corpus based teaching material.

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

Corpus linguitics

 

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)
	Databanks and  Datamining (B)	Language varieties: Spoken language (B)
	Statistics in linguistics (B)	Processing of historical corpora (B)

Requirements:

All credits „A“

Two „B“ credits in applied modules

Time schedule

Basic modules 1:       Theoretical courses (credits A)

 

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

 

Basic modules  2: Corpus and computational linguistics (credits A)

Compulsory courses

 

Course	Requirement	Responsible faculty member
Natural language processing	Exam	RNDr. Petr Strossa, CSc.
Corpus architecture and text encoding	Exam	Prof. Dr. Werner Wegstein

 

II. Basic modules  2: Corpus and computational linguistics (credits  B)

Optional courses

 

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.

 

 

III. Applied modules: Corpus linguistics (credits A)

Compulsory course

 

Course	Requirement	Responsible faculty member
Linguistic interpretation of language data	Exam	Prof. Dr. Norbert Richard Wolf

III. Applied modules: Corpus linguistics (credits B)

Optional courses

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