FF:BA_L_syst2 Lithuanian grammar II - Course Information

BA_L_syst2 Lithuanian: grammatical system II

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Nina Kapušová (lecturer)
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 14:00–15:40 L11, except Thu 18. 4.

Prerequisites

BA_L_syst1 Lithuanian grammar I
Knowledge of the Lithuanian language. Lithuanian: grammatical system I

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

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Course objectives

Structural linguistic interpretation of the Lithuanian language system. The entire volume is divided into 2 semesters.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- become familiar with the basic syntactic-morphological approaches to language;
- define parts of speech and identify them on a Lithuanian material;
- describe in detail grammatical categories of Lithuanian nominals and verbs;
- define parts of sentences and identify them on a Lithuanian material;
- describe syntactic structures and relations and identify them on a Lithuanian material

Syllabus

• Introduction to Lithuanian morphology and syntax: terminology, references and resourses; briefly about different morpho-syntactic approaches to language
• Lithuanian parts of speech: definition of parts of speech with an emphasis on similarities/differences between Lithuanian and Czech exercises on identifying the parts of speech
• Morphology of nominals: grammatical categories of nouns, adjectives, pronouns; declination types
• Morphology of verbs: grammatical categories of verbs; conjugation types
• Lithuanian parts of sentences: definition of parts of a sentence with an emphasis on similarities/differences between Lithuanian and Czech; exercises on identifying the parts of sentences
• Lithuanian syntactic relations: valence; congruence; coordination.

Literature

required literature
• HOLVOET, Axel. Bendrosios sintaksės pagrindai. Vinius: Vilniaus universitetas, 2009, 182 stran. ISBN 9786099512600. info
• RAMONIENĖ, Meilutė and Joana PRIBUŠAUSKAITĖ. Praktinė lietuvių kalbos gramatika. Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2007, 263 s. ISBN 9789955231394. info
• AMBRAZAS, Vytautas. Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos gramatika. 4-oji, pataisyta laida. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005, 742 s. ISBN 5420015668. info
• ULVYDAS, Kazys. Lietuviu kalbos prieveiksmiai. Edited by Elena Valiulyte. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopediju leidybos institutas, 2000, xxxiii, 42. ISBN 5-420-01465-3. info
• ŠUKYS, Jonas. Lietuvių kalbos linksniai ir prielinksniai : vartosena ir normos. Kaunas: Šviesa, 1998, 598 s. ISBN 5430025496. info
• MATHIASSEN, Terje. Tense, mood and aspect in Lithuanian and Latvian. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, 1996, 44 s. ISBN 82-90250-70-3. info
• LABUTIS, Vitas. Lietuvių kalbos sintaksė. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 1994, 114 s. ISBN 9986190010. info

recommended literature
• The Oxford handbook of morphological theory. Edited by Jenny Audring - Francesca Masini. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, xxii, 725. ISBN 9780199668984. info
• The Oxford handbook of inflection. Edited by Matthew Baerman. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xxi, 688. ISBN 9780199591428. info
• The Oxford handbook of tense and aspect. Edited by Robert I. Binnick. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xxxvii, 10. ISBN 9780190621056. info
• The Oxford handbook of case. Edited by A. L. Malchukov - Andrew Spencer. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University, 2009, xxvii, 928. ISBN 9780199206476. info
• HOLVOET, Axel. Mood and modality in Baltic. Wydanie I. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2007, 244 stran. ISBN 9788323322986. info
• The Oxford handbook of comparative syntax. Edited by Guglielmo Cinque - Richard S. Kayne. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, xii, 977 p. ISBN 0195136500. info
• BALKEVIČIUS, Jonas. Lietuvių kalbos predikatinių konstrukcijų sintaksė. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 1998, 147 s. ISBN 5420014351. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, individual reading, discussions.

Assessment methods

Active participation in discussions on different texts. Submission of a seminar paper on a chosen topic. Written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

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