AJ4_SYRO Syntactic Analysis 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
( AJ4_NGRB Normative Grammar B )&&( AJ4_CNSA Normative Syntax Sem. )
The course is for students who need more practice in the syntactic analysis of texts and it is recommended to students before sitting for their examination in normative syntax.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 11 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/11, only registered: 0/11
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Detailed analysis of the simple sentence. Differences between complex and compound sentences. Finite, non-finite, and verbless clauses and their syntactic functions. Simple and complex coordination. Sentence types and discourse functions. Semantics and grammar of adverbials. Pro-forms and ellipsis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Grammatical notations. 2. Form and function. 3. Open and closed word classes. 4. Classes of phrase. 5. Elements of the clause. 6. Simple sentence. Clause patterns. 7. Sentence types and discourse functions. 8. Semantics and grammar of adverbials. 9. Subjuncts, conjuncts, and disjuncts. 10. Subordination and coordination. 11. Complex sentence. The function of subordinate clauses. 12. Compound sentence. 13. Non-finite and verbless clauses. 14. Pro-forms and ellipsis. 15. Simple and complex coordination.
Literature
  • 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
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N., M. (Margaret) DEUCHAR and Robert HOOGENRAAD. English grammar for today : a new introduction. London: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 p. ISBN 0-333-30643-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: sem. jazyk. cvič.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2001, recent)
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