NJI_06A German morphology I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Hotařová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Dr. phil. Petr Kuthan (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Edita Osmanović (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. William Richter (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Not specified
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
The aim of the subject is to acquire the basic orientation in German grammar, which deals with parts of speech. The first part focuses on inflected forms (except the verbs - subject of German grammar II) as well as the other parts of speech, with particular attention being paid to the use of articles.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to identify and analyse the German parts of speech in text, he /she will also be able to master their normative description and use.
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology of German morphology
  • Classification of German parts of speech
  • Paradigms of German flectional parts of speech
  • The German noun and their variables
  • The German adjective and their variables
  • Rules for comparison of adjectives
  • German pronouns, its types and paradigms and variables
  • The paradigms of the definite and undefinite article and the basic rules for its use
  • The German unflectional parts of speech: preposition, conjunction, expletives and interjection,
Literature
    required literature
  • DREYER, Hilke and Richard SCHMITT. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. 1. Aufl. Ismaning: Verlag für Deutsch, 1996, 359 s. ISBN 3-88532-717-1. info
  • EISENBERG, Peter. Duden :Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. 6. neu bearb. Auflage. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 1998, 912 s. ISBN 3-411-04046-7. info
    recommended literature
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Deutsche Grammatik :ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2001, 654 s. ISBN 3-468-49493-9. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Übungsgrammatik Deutsch. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2000, 379 s. ISBN 3468494947. info
    not specified
  • HENTSCHEL, Elke and Harald WEYDT. Handbuch der deutschen Grammatik. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1990, x, 451. ISBN 3110115964. info
  • POVEJŠIL, Jaromír. Mluvnice současné němčiny. Vyd. 3. Praha: Academia, 1999, 313 s. ISBN 8020000763. info
Teaching methods
lectures seminar
Assessment methods
final written test.
Language of instruction
German
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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