PdF:AJ5210 Syntactic Analysis - Course Information

AJ5210 Syntactic Analysis

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

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
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ5210/01: Sat 24. 2. 8:30–13:30 učebna 11, Sat 24. 3. 8:30–13:30 učebna 11, R. Povolná

Prerequisites

! AJB_SYAN Syntactic Analysis
This optional block course is recommended to students who are getting ready for their examination in syntax or their final bachelor exam and need some more practice in syntactic analysis of the English sentence, but it can be attended by anybody interested in the syntactic structure of the English language.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The main goal of the course is to extend students knowledge of English syntax. Based on the differences between the simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence, students analyse different types of sentences and texts and thus acquire a deeper knowledge of the syntactic structure of the English language. When required, any more problematic areas from English syntax, such as modal verbs, complex condensation and different types of dependent clauses, can be included in the course syllabus.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to syntactic analysis. Grammar and its role in language. 2. Two basic types of grammatical notation: bracketing and tree diagrams. 3. Sentences and their parts. 4. Form and function. Hierarchy of units. 5. Open and closed word classes and their relationships. 6. Types of phrases. Main and subordinate phrases. Some ambiguous cases. 7. Simple and complex sentence. Elements of the clause. 8. Clause patterns. Parsing a simple sentence. 9. Complex sentence. Structural and semantic classes of dependent clauses. 10. Subordination. Coordination. Skeleton analysis. 11. Basic and derived structures. Constituent structure grammar. 12. Parsing. Style and transformations.

Literature

required literature
• CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. 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

recommended literature
• LEECH, Geoffrey N. Meaning and the English verb. 1st publ. London: Longman, 1971, viii, 131. ISBN 0582522145. info

Teaching methods

Mode of teaching: seminar The methods used in classes are mainly presentations of problematic grammatical issues by the teacher, followed by class discussions and various types of exercises from different sources.

Assessment methods

The students have to choose a text of at least twenty sentences and analyse all the sentences in the form of tree diagrams. In addition, they have to prepare one sentence comprising all the word classes that exist in English, but each word class can be represented only once.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
  
• Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2018/AJ5210