AJc216 Syntax B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, 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
Prerequisites
This course can be attended by all students who have passed their exam in English grammar in the first year of their study and who have successfully finished Syntax A.
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 main goal of the course is to master characteristic features of English syntax, mainly in comparison with the structure of the students´ mother tongue, the Czech language. The differences between the simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence will be studied, including all types of dependent clauses and complex condensation.
Learning outcomes
The students: 1. understand the linguistic terms from the area of syntax and are able to explain them on concrete examples; 2. understand the structure of the complex and compound sentence, namely in comparison with the structure of the simple sentence, with an emphasis on the similarities and differences between English and Czech; 3. know the linguistic means for the expression of different relations in the English sentence, namely with the help of nominal, adverbial, relative and comparative clauses; 4. are capable of identifying concrete syntactic means in the written text, explain them and describe them with the help of adequate linguistic terms.
Syllabus
  • The plan based on the compulsory textbooks used for practical exercises (Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 from A Student's English Grammar Workbook by Sylvia Chalker and Chapters 3-9 from Grammar in Context by Hugh Gethin): 1. Chapter 13 - Coordination. Chapter 3 A - Relation between result and cause. 2. Chapter 13 - cont. Chapter 3 B - Result expressed by too or enough. 3. Chapter 16 - Complementation of verbs and adjectives. Chapter 4 A - Purpose (Standard constructions). 4. Chapter 16 - cont. Chapter 4 B - Purpose (Shortened constructions) 5. Revision of Chapters 13 and 16. Chapter 6 - cause, purpose, concesssion (Alternatives) 6. Chapter 5 - Concession. Revision of Chapters 3-6, 13 and 16. 7. Revision test and translation. 8. Chapter 14 - The complex sentence - introduction. Chapter 7. - time. 8. Chapter 14 - cont. Chapter 8 A - Relatives. Introduction. 9. Chapter 14 - cont. 10. Chapter 15 - Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses. Chapter 8 B - Sentence building with relatives. 11.Chapter 15 - cont. Chapter 8 C - shortened constructions. 12. Chapter 9 - Similarity and comparison. Revision of Chapters 14-15, 7-9.
Literature
    required literature
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar. with answer. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, ix, 280. ISBN 0194309169. info
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
    recommended literature
  • SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. English grammar :word by word. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 448 s. ISBN 0-17-555705-5. info
  • DEUCHAR, Margaret, Robert HOOGENRAAD and Geoffrey Neil LEECH. English grammar for today :a new introduction. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 s. ISBN 0-333-30644-9. 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 and practical exercises selected from the compulsory textbooks. As for written assignments, students are supposed to do all the tests which accompany the topics studies and which are included in the is.muni.cz course Seminar to syntax B/Syntax B.
Assessment methods
In order to be allowed to sit for the oral exam students have to pass a mid-term test and translation, and a final exam test and translation. The passmark of all the tests including translations is 70 per cent. The final exam test and translation is part of the oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/warp_predmet_vyber?fakulta=1441;obdobi=6085;predmet=773653
AI Manifesto In the course, the use of AI is permitted for learning but not for cheating. It is acceptable to use AI for brainstorming ideas, basic proofreading, and suggestions for improvement. It is unacceptable to have a text generated, translated or reformulated. Remember to acknowledge all innovative ideas that are not yours. For generated ideas, use in-text citations. At the end of each assignment, state how you worked/did not work with AI. When in doubt, consult your teacher.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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