CJ2BP_JSy1 The Czech Language Syntax 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eva Minářová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJ2BP_JSy1/01: Tue 17:35–19:15 učebna 51, I. Kolářová
CJ2BP_JSy1/02: Mon 10:15–11:55 učebna 3, I. Kolářová
Prerequisites
CJ2BP_JMor The Czech Language Morphology
It is pressupposed the student has succesfully finished the subject CJ2BP_JMor (Morphology of the Czech Language).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The student shall obtain a basic competence in the syntax of contemporary Czech language, in the syntactical terminology, in the methodology of the analysis of the sentence, clause and elements of the sentence. It is pressupposed that students after finishing the course:
1. Know the terminology of the syntax and are able to explain the terminology of comtemporary theories of syntax dealing with the sentence and enuntiation.
2. Are able to explain differences between the analytic ("traditional") syntax of the syntax and valence syntax.
3. Are able to make complex analysis of the sentence in the term of the analytic or valence syntax.
Syllabus
  • 1. The Sentence as a grammatical unit, sentence as a communicative unit. Communicative function of the sentence, proposition of the sentence. Modality of the sentence.
  • 2. Modality of the attitude of the speaker. Language meaning of the attitude of the speakers (particles, interjection; voice of the verbs; intonation) in the text.
  • 3. The voluntary modality of the sentence (eventuality, necessity, intention). The modality of the sureness. The language means of the modality.
  • 4. Interpretation of the lexical, grammatical and phonetic language means of the expression of the communicative function of the sentence.
  • 5. Sentence. The elements of the sentence and word class. Syntactical function of the word class. Transposition of word classes.
  • 6. Syntactical relations (coordination, subordination, apposition, predication). Determination - congruence, rection, governance, association/adjunction.
  • 7. Completed analysis of the sentence, analytic methods. Graphical scheme of the structure of sentence.
  • 8. Subjective and non-subjective sentences. Equivalent of the sentence, their meaning and function.
  • 9. Valence of the predicative verb, the grammatical structure of the sentence, the classification of the valence-structure of the sentence. Terminology of the valence syntax.
Literature
    required literature
  • GREPL, Miroslav and Petr KARLÍK. Skladba češtiny (Czech Syntax). 1st ed. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998, 503 pp. ISBN 80-7198-281-4. info
  • Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Miroslav Grepl - Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 799 s. ISBN 8071061344. info
    recommended literature
  • HAUSER, Přemysl. Cvičení ze současného českého jazyka : skladba. 2. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 95 stran. ISBN 8021028033. info
  • Čeština - řeč a jazyk. Edited by Marie Čechová. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2000, 407 s. ISBN 80-85866-57-9. info
  • Mluvnice češtiny. 3, Skladba. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 746 s. info
    not specified
  • ŠTÍCHA, František a kol. Akademická gramatika spisovné češtiny. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2013, 974 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2205-9. info
Teaching methods
- Controlled dialogue on sentential structure from various points of view;
- Problem methods, methods of the critical thinking (brainstorming, "map" of train of though...);
- Individual analysis of sentence: sentential elements and syntactic relationsips;
- Study hours.
Assessment methods
Seminary Course
Ending: Examination
1. part: Written test in the end of the term; the test includes the themen of the course (see syllabus). The test is only practical and includes 30-40 elementary syntactical phenomena. To be succesfull the student shall answer 80 % of them correct.
2. part: Oral examination. It includes theoretical themen of the course - see syllabus and http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=115. The student decides by lot two questions. The answers are evaluated according to the correctness and to the speech cultivation, too.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=115
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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