CJ2RC_JSy1 The Czech Language Syntax 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.8. 2 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: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
It is presupposed the student has successfully finished the subject CJ2RC_JMor (Morphology of the Czech Language).
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 student shall obtain a basic competence in the syntax of contemporary Czech language, in the syntactical terminology, in the methodology of the analysis of the sentence, clause and elements of the sentence. It is presupposed that students after finishing the course:
1. Know the terminology of the syntax and are able to explain the terminology of contemporary theories of syntax dealing with the sentence and enunciation.
2. Are able to explain differences between the analytic ("traditional") syntax of the syntax and valence syntax.
3. Are able to make complex analysis of the sentence in the term of the analytic or valence syntax.
Learning outcomes
It is presupposed that students after finishing the course:
(a) know the terminology of the syntax and are able to explain the terminology of contemporary theories of syntax dealing with the sentence and enunciation;
(b) are able to explain differences between the analytic ("traditional") syntax of the syntax and valence syntax;
(c) are able to make complex analysis of the sentence in the term of the analytic or valence syntax.
Syllabus
  • 1. The Sentence as a grammatical unit, sentence as a communicative unit. Communicative function of the sentence, proposition of the sentence. Modality of the sentence.
  • 2. Modality of the attitude of the speaker. Language meaning of the attitude of the speakers (particles, interjection; voice of the verbs; intonation) in the text.
  • 3. The voluntary modality of the sentence (eventuality, necessity, intention). The modality of the sureness. The language means of the modality.
  • 4. Interpretation of the lexical, grammatical and phonetic language means of the expression of the communicative function of the sentence.
  • 5. Sentence. The elements of the sentence and word categories. Syntactical function of the word categories. Transposition among word categories.
  • 6. Syntactical relations (coordination, subordination, apposition, predication).
  • 7. Completed analysis of the sentence, analytic methods. Graphical scheme of the structure of sentence.
  • 8. Subjective and non-subjective sentences. Equivalent of the sentence, their meaning and function.
  • 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. Some irregularities in the structure of the sentence.
  • 11. Functional perspective of the sentence. Word-order.
Literature
    required literature
  • 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
    not specified
  • ŠTÍCHA, František a kol. Akademická gramatika spisovné češtiny. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2013, 974 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2205-9. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie, Miloš DOKULIL, Zdeněk HLAVSA, Josef HRBÁČEK and Zdeňka HRUŠKOVÁ. Čeština - řeč a jazyk. 3., rozšířené a upraven. Praha: SPN - pedagogické nakladatelství, a. s., 2011, 442 stran. ISBN 9788072354139. info
  • GREPL, Miroslav and Petr KARLÍK. Skladba češtiny (Czech Syntax). 1st ed. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998, 503 pp. ISBN 80-7198-281-4. info
  • Mluvnice češtiny. 3, Skladba. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 746 s. info
Teaching methods
- Controlled dialogue;
- problem methods, methods of the critical thinking (brainstorming, "map" of thinking...);
- text analysis, synthesis;
- study hours
Assessment methods
To finish the course successfully the student shall pass written exam including theme of the sentence analysis (see syllabus and literature). The written exam includes 40 short questions, to be successful the student has to answer 30 of them (75 %) correctly.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin v semestru.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1172
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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