AJ4_FKSY Functional and Communicative Syntax

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( AJ4_CNSB Normative Syntax Seminar B ) && (NOW( AJ4_FKSY Functional Syntax ))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to a communicative appproach in the study of English syntax. Main topics: functions of language with regards to their role in the act of communication, speech act theory, communicative sentence types, sentence patterns in communication, grammatical cohesion, register variation, functional sentence perspective.
Syllabus
  • 1. Normative syntax vs. Communicative syntax. The act of communication - general characteristics. 2. Variation in language according to the user and according to the use. 3. Language functions. Types of context. 4. Speech act theory. Conversational principles: co-operation and politeness. 5. Sentence, utterance and discourse. Types of sentences: one-element and two-element sentences, major and minor sentences. 6. Communicative sentence types. 7. The function of the Subject and the Predication in English. 8. Sentence patterns in communication - splitting, reduction and composition. 9. Emphatic sentence structures. Condensation and nominal tendencies in English. 10. Written vs, spoken language. 11. Formal vs. informal language. 12. Functional sentence perspective. 13. FSP and word order in English.
Literature
  • SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • VACHEK, Josef. A functional syntax of modern English. Vydání 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 50 stran. ISBN 8021008636. info
  • TÁRNYIKOVÁ, Jarmila. Chapters from modern English syntax : (a communicative approach). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1993, 105 s. ISBN 8070672684. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N., M. (Margaret) DEUCHAR and Robert HOOGENRAAD. English grammar for today : a new introduction. London: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 p. ISBN 0-333-30643-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: přednáška
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005.
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