AJ3BP_NGRA Normative Grammar A

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Dettlaff, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
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
Normative Grammar I is an introduction to a full normative description of the English grammar. Emphasis is placed on observing the underlying principles that show English to be a language based on consistency rather than exceptions .The course Ia deals with the system of English verbs. It also provides students with basic terminology useful for their future linguistic studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Prescriptive and descriptive grammar, hypercorrection and disputed usage 2. Sentence elements - form and function 3. Words and word classes. Test 1 4. Full verbs - forms and functions 5. Primary verbs and auxiliaries 6. Subjunctive 7. Passive voice and causative. Test 2 8. The semantics of a verb phrase - a review of tenses I 9. Progressive aspect 10. Perfect aspect 11. Expressing the future 12. Numerals. Test 3 13. Credit test
Literature
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. info
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage : international student's edition. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, xxx, 654. ISBN 0194421465. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: cvičení z jaz.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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