CJ3BP_JKS1 The Chapters of the Contemporary Czech Syntax 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
Timetable
Wed 15:15–16:00 učebna 42
Prerequisites
It is presupposed the student has successfully finished the subject CJ3BP_JMor (Morphology of the Contemporary 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 students acquire a basic competence in the syntax of contemporary Czech language. During the early lectures are explained the communicative function of the sentence, the expressing of the attitudes of the speakers and the modality of the sentence. Analysis of the structure of the sentence, the elements of the sentence (subject, object, circumstance, attribute, verbal attribute) and word categories, the syntactical relations between/among the elements of the sentence. The students will recognize syntactical structure based on the valence of the predicative verbs, semantic meaning of that syntactical structure, differ the surface and deep structure of the sentence. Some Czech syntactics (V. Šmilauer, F. Trávníček, F. Kopečný, K. Svoboda, J. Hrbáček, P. Hauser, M. Grepl, P. Karlík and so on).
It is presupposed student after finishing the course:
- know the terminology of syntax;
- can use knowledge of terminology in analysis of sentence.
- know some syntactic theories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Syntax. Some well-known persons of the Czech linguistics and syntax (V. Šmilauer, F. Trávníček, F. Kopečný, K. Svoboda, J. Hrbáček, P. hauser, M. Grepl, P. Karlík and so on).
  • 2. Terminology. Sentence, compound sentence, text; sentence as a communicative unit; proposition of the sentence; modality of the sentence; communicative function.
  • 3. The Sentence as a communicative unit. Communicative function of the sentence, proposition of the sentence.
  • 4. Modality of the attitude of the speaker. The voluntary modality of the sentence (eventuality, necessity, intention). The modality of the sureness.
  • 5. Expression of the emotions in the sentence.
  • 6. Syntactical structure of the sentence. Syntactical relations (coordination, subordination, apposition, predication).
  • 7. Sentence. Syntactical function of the word classes.
  • Transposition among word classes.
  • 8. The elements of the sentence and word classes. Subjective and non-subjective sentences. Equivalent of the sentence.
  • 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.
  • 10. Semantic elements of the structure of the sentence. Valence and intention. Semantic function of the participants. Semantic hierarchization of the structure of the sentence.
  • 11. Some irregularities in the structure of the sentence.
  • 12. Functional perspective of the sentence. Word order.
  • 13. Syntactical phenomena in the Czech National Corpus.
Literature
  • Čeština - řeč a jazyk. Edited by Marie Čechová. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2000, 407 s. ISBN 80-85866-57-9. info
  • 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
  • Mluvnice češtiny. 3, Skladba. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 746 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, reading;
presentations;
study hours.
Assessment methods
Lecture.
Ending: Credit.
Credit requirement: Written test in the final week of term The test incluces the knowledges and ability that are described in abstract and syllabus. To be succesfull student has to solve 80 % of the objectives of the written examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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