The aim of the course is to introduce the problems of text linguistics to the students, inform them about the circumstances of its origin and development of this discipline, provide them with the terminology which penetrates through other linguistic disciplines and becomes their organic part. Furthermore, the course deals with the relations of text linguistics and other linguistic disciplines, the definition of text and criteria of text structure.
An integral part of the course is an analysis of texts, which are purposefully chosen with regard to the text linguistic point of view.