AJ1211 Selected Chapters from Syntax

Faculty of Education
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, 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
AJ1211/01: Tue 17:00–17:50 učebna 1, R. Povolná
AJ1211/02: Tue 15:00–15:50 učebna 50, R. Povolná
Prerequisites
AJ1102 Practical Language 1B || AJ2102 Practical Language 1B
This course must be attended by all students who have completed the compulsory course Syntax A since it is one of the most important linguistics-oriented subjects studied before students' final bachelor exam.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to give bachelor students an overall survey of English syntax with an emphasis on the differences between the sentence structure in the English language and the students´ mother tongue, i.e. the Czech language.
Learning outcomes
The students are expected: 1. to understand the linguistic terms from the area of English syntax; 2. to be capable of forming and using correctly the simple, complex and compound sentence; 3. to recognize the differences between the structure of the English and Czech sentence; 4. to be aware of the various possible ways of expressing different syntactic relationships; 4. to know how to form different types of dependent clauses (included embedded clauses); 5. to be able to analyse texts written in English and explain them while using appropriate terms from the area of English syntax.
Syllabus
  • The lectures are related to the topics studied for the final exam in English syntax. Here follow some key terms from the topics that will be discussed in the lectures: 1. The simple sentence. Clause types. Verb classes. Clause elements and their semantic and syntactic characterization. Concord. Vocatives. Negation (focus and scope). 2. Coordination. Syndetic, asyndetic, polysyndetic coordination. Coordinators. Correlatives. 3. Simple and complex coordination. Appended coordination. Pseudo-coordination. Quasi-coordination. 4. Complementation of verbs and adjectives. Multi-word verbs. Intransitive and transitive verbs. Prepositional, phrasal and phrasal-prepositional verbs. Copular verbs. Complex-transitive verbs. Adjective complementation. 5. Sentence types and discourse functions. Four major syntactic types. Three major classes of questions. Three minor types of questions. Directives. Exclamatives. Block language. 6. The complex sentence. Subordinate and superordinate clauses. Subordination. Three structural classes of clauses: finite, non-finite, and verbless clauses. Subordinators. 7. Direct and indirect speech. Transferred negation. 8. Pro-forms and ellipsis. Recoverability. Types of recoverability. Coreference. Types of pro-forms. 9. Ellipsis. Types of ellipsis (situational, structural, textual). Appended clauses. 10. Semantic and syntactic functions of subordinate clauses. Nominal clauses and their types. 11. Adverbial clauses (time, place, condition, concession, contrast, reason, exception, purpose, result, proportion, preference). Comment clauses. Sentential relative clauses. Comparative clauses. 12. The semantics and grammar of adverbials. Semantic roles, grammatical functions, formal realization and position of adverbials. Adjuncts, subjuncts, disjuncts (content and style) and conjuncts and their types.
Literature
    required 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
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
    recommended literature
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar : with answer. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, ix, 280. ISBN 9780194579827. info
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar : supplementary exercises with answers. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, v, 132. ISBN 9780194579872. info
  • YULE, George. Explaining English grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, xv, 333. ISBN 0194371727. info
  • DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. 3. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2003, 673 s. ISBN 8020010734. info
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph. A Comprehensive grammar of the English language. Edited by David Crystal. London, New York: Longman, 1985, x, 1779 p. ISBN 0-582-51734-639. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph, Sidney GREENBAUM and R. A. CLOSE. A University grammar of English. London: Longman, 1974, 174 s. ISBN 0582522803. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney. Good English and the grammarian. London: Longman, 1988, xi, 152. ISBN 0582291488. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A university grammar of English. First published. Burnt Mill: Longman, 1973, xi, 484. ISBN 0582552079. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A concise grammar of contemporary English. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973, xi, 484 s. ISBN 0-15-512930-9. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A university grammar of English. First published. Burnt Mill: Longman, 1973, xi, 484. ISBN 0582552079. info
Teaching methods
Mode of teaching: lecture The methods used in classes are mainly presentations of new and/or problematic grammatical issues by the teacher, followed by class discussions and questions from students if necessary. As for written assignments, students are supposed to do all the tests which accompany the topics of the individual lectures and which are included in the is.muni.cz course Selected chapters from syntax (Vybrané kapitoly ze syntaxe).
Assessment methods
At the end of the course, the students have to take two final revision tests which are included in the is.muni.cz course Selected chapters from syntax (Vybrané kapitoly ze syntaxe).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/warp_predmet_vyber?fakulta=1441;obdobi=6085;predmet=773605
FOR ONLINE SEMESTER: Students are requested to secure good internet connection in order to participate in online lessons as indicated in the schedule. Students must attend these meetings with both the sound and camera on.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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