FF:AJ12000 Linguistic Characterology - Course Information
AJ12000 Linguistic Characterology of English on the Background of Czech
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2001
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Milan Růžička (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková - Prerequisites
- AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
Students must have taken the Introduction to General Linguistics before this course. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-SS)
- Course objectives
- CHARACTEROLOGY is based on Prague School's view of language as unified system of means and ends. Main areas: Dialectics of form and meaning. Two functional domains according to Mathesius: naming + predication. Principles of Lexicology and Word Forming. Principles of Syntax Contrastive description of Czech and English. Applications: translation, stylistics, cultural analysis. Universal categories as basis of comparability. Main verbal and nominal grammatical categories. General part (responsible teacher: Kudrnacova) Program of Prague School characterology Form and Meaning Naming Contrastive Lexicology Putting Words into Sentences Special part: (responsible teacher: Ruzicka) Basic Lexical Categories in Czech and English + Grammatical Categories attached to them Verbal categories - Tense, Mood, Aspect, Polarity Nominal categores - Definiteness,Case, Countability, Number, Gender Adjectival categories - Degree Minor Word Classes (pronouns, question words, prepositions)
- Syllabus
- General part (responsible teacher: Kudrnacova) Program of Prague School characterology Form and Meaning Naming Contrastive Lexicology Putting Words into Sentences Special part: (responsible teacher: Ruzicka) Basic Lexical Categories in Czech and English + Grammatical Categories attached to them Verbal categories - Tense, Mood, Aspect, Polarity Nominal categores - Definiteness,Case, Countability, Number, Gender Adjectival categories - Degree Minor Word Classes (pronouns, question words, prepositions)
- Literature
- DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny : na pozadí češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1988, 673 p. info
- DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1988, 673 s. info
- MATHESIUS, Vilém. A functional analysis of present day English on a general linguistic basis. Edited by Josef Vachek, Translated by Libuše Dušková. 1. vyd. Prague: Academia, 1975, 228 s. URL info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- A written test for the General Part = 50 per cent A paper (or essay) for the Special Part = 50 per cent
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2001, recent)
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