AJ12000 Linguistic Characterology of English on the Background of Czech

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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 of Seminar Groups
AJ12000/A: Tue 9:10–9:55 40, Tue 10:00–10:45 40, N. Kudrnáčová
AJ12000/B: Tue 10:50–11:35 40, Tue 11:40–12:25 40, N. Kudrnáčová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! AJ12000B Linguistic Characterology
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 46 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/46, only registered: 0/46
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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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 Contrastive description of Czech and English. Applications: translation, stylistics, cultural analysis. Universal categories as basis of comparability. Main verbal and nominal grammatical categories. Naming Contrastive Lexicology Putting Words into Sentences
Syllabus
  • Program of Prague School characterology Form and Meaning Naming Contrastive Lexicology Putting Words into Sentences
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.
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, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004.
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