Learning outcomes

Part A: Text edition (2 ECTS): To train students to analyse texts from a normative viewpoint. Part B: Text linguistics (3 ECTS): To get acquainted with research methods and to learn to apply them to texts.

Contents

Part A: The concepts and different viewpoints of normative text analysis. Analysis practices. Part B: Introduction to textual research methods and older researches.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	26 h	0 h

Lectures and assignments.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Part A: pass/fail, acceptable performance based on learning journal; Part B: Graded, evaluation by project.

Recommended year of study

2. year spring

Second year autumn and spring.

Study materials

Supplementary reading: Part A: Articles from the book Ylioppilasaineita and from the periodical Virittäjä; part B: see above. Vesa Heikkinen, Pirjo Hiidenmaa ja Ulla Tiililä, Teksti työnä, virka kielenä. Gaudeamus. 2000; Pauli Saukkonen, Maailman hahmottaminen teksteinä. Tekstirakenteen ja tekstilajien teoriaa ja analyysia. Yliopistopaino. 2001; Irmeli Pääkkönen ja Markku Varis, Kriittinen lukutaito. Finn Lectura. 2000.

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