A2BP_SYNA Syntax A

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Irena Hůlková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable
Mon 16:10–16:55 učebna 58
Prerequisites
A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam || AJ2BP_SOZK Qualifying Exam || AJ2BP_SZKO Qualifying Exam
This course can be attended by all students who have successfully completed their first study year by passing "Souborná zkouška" (A2BP_SOZK).
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 course aims to equip students with an overall survey and understanding of English syntax with an emphasis on the differences between the English language and the students' mother tongue.
Syllabus
  • Some key terms from the individual topics that will be discussed in the lectures: 1.- 2. The simple sentence. Clause types. Verb classes. Clause elements and their semantic and syntactic characterization. Concord. Vocatives. Negation (focus and scope). 3.- 4. Complementation of verbs and adjectives. Multi-word verbs. Intransitive and transitive verbs. Prepositional, phrasal and phrasal-prepositional verbs. Copular verbs. Complex-transitive 5.- 6. Sentence types and discourse functions. Four major syntactic types. Three major classes of questions. Minor types of questions. Directives. Exclamatives. 7. - 8. Coordination. Syndetic, asyndetic, polysyndetic coordination. Coordinators. Correlatives. Simple and complex coordination. 9. - 10. Subordination. The complex sentence. Subordinate and superordinate clauses. Finite, nonfinite, and verbless clauses. Subordinators. Transferred negation. 11. - 12. Substitution and ellipsis. Recoverability. Coreference. Pro-forms. Types of ellipsis (situational, structural, textual). Appended clauses. 13. - 14. The semantics and grammar of adverbials. Semantic roles, grammatical functions, formal realization and position of adverbials. Adjuncts, subjuncts, disjuncts (content and style) and conjuncts and their types.
Literature
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph. A Comprehensive grammar of the English language. Edited by David Crystal. London, New York: Longman, 1985, x, 1779 p. ISBN 0-582-51734-639. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A Student s Grammar of the English Language. 1. vyd. London: Longman, 1990, 490 s. ISBN 0-582-07569-6. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney. Good English and the grammarian. London: Longman, 1988, xi, 152. ISBN 0582291488. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
This course is a lecture to seminars in Syntax A. Lectures will be provided by means of the e-learning service 'moodlinka'. Students will have to take online quizzes comprising the topics discussed, by the dates specified.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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