AJ12000 Linguistic Characterology of English on the Background of Czech

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! AJ12000B Linguistic Characterology && AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
CHARACTEROLOGY is based on the Prague School's view of language as a 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. Syntax in functional sentence perspective. Contrastive description of Czech and English. Applications: translation, stylistics, cultural analysis. Universal categories as basis of comparability. Main verbal and nominal grammatical categories.
Syllabus
  • - functional onomatology: conventionality, universality - naming units seen from the point of view of content - naming units seen from the point of view of form - the formation of new naming units - the classification of naming units - the English and the Czech nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs - a functional syntax of Modern English: the sentence, one-element and two-element sentences, the function of the English predication, nominal tendencies and condensation in the English sentence - the place of functional sentence perspective - word order
Literature
  • HLADKÝ, Josef and Milan RŮŽIČKA. A functional onomatology of English. 4. opr. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 93 s. ISBN 8021018879. info
  • VACHEK, Josef. A functional syntax of modern English. Vydání 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 50 stran. ISBN 8021008636. info
  • DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny : na pozadí češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1988, 673 p. 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 seminar. Assessment: a written test at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003.
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