A2BP_SFUK Functional and Communicative Syntax Seminar

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, 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
Prerequisites
A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
syntax A, synatx B
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 practice the communicative appproach in the study of English syntax using two strategies: a. the study of grammatical structures at sentence level with regards to their function as statements, questions, directives and exclamatives, b. the study of meaning in connected discourse (utterance level) - linking signals and constructions, word order and emphasis, functional sentence perspective etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. Communicative syntax vs. normative syntax. Language in context. 2. Analysing language structures - giving information and expressing opinion. Functions of language. 3. Analysing language structures - expressing a point of view. Clauses with hypothetical meaning. 4. Analysing language structures - expressing mood and emotion. Discourse functions of sentences. 5. Analysing language structures - modality. Speech acts. The co-operative primciple and the principle of politeness. 6. Analysing language structures - linking signals and constructions. 7. Analysing language structures - referring expressions. Grammatical cohesion. 8. Presenting and focussing information. Spoken vs. written language. 9. Order and emphasis. Fronting. 10. Order and emphasis. Postponement. 11. Register variation - formal vs. informal, polite vs, familiar. 12. Dialect variation.
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
  • 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
Assessment methods
A two-period seminar (90 mins). Home assignments + home reading. A mid-term test + a credit test + oral exam. More than two absences are not tolerated. Teaching methods: classroom discussions, lectures, students' presentations, home assignments, home projects.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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