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Course DASP307

Academic Writing for Master´s and PhD Students in Language and Linguistics

Course offered :

Number of credits 5
Course offered (semester) Spring
Schedule Schedule
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Language of Instruction

English if English-speaking students attend the seminars, otherwise Norwegian

Pre-requirements

The course is for master's or PhD levels students who have started their research.

Learning Outcomes

Master's and PhD students will learn strategies for writing linguistic articles, master's theses or PhD dissertations, according to text theoretical principles and the tradition of the language sciences.

Learning goals include knowledge about text theory, genre, terminology, argumentation ,text structure and graphical presentation.

Contact Information

Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies

Mail address: advice@lle.uib.no

Course offered (semester)

Spring

Language of Instruction

English if English-speaking students attend the seminars, otherwise Norwegian

Aim and Content

Based in text theory, argumentation analysis, genre and traditions in linguistic writing, the course will introduce the student to the structures of articles and longer texts in the language sciences (also including computational linguistics). Furthermore, the course deals with references, choice of title, summary, linguistic terminology, efficient use of graphical representations and relevant items such as linguistic examples with glosses and translations, flow charts, tables, tree structures, output from statistics programs, phonetic alphabets, computer programs and mathematical formulae.

Learning Outcomes

Master's and PhD students will learn strategies for writing linguistic articles, master's theses or PhD dissertations, according to text theoretical principles and the tradition of the language sciences.

Learning goals include knowledge about text theory, genre, terminology, argumentation ,text structure and graphical presentation.

Pre-requirements

The course is for master's or PhD levels students who have started their research.

Contact Information

Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies

Mail address: advice@lle.uib.no