REBc16 Syntax of Modern Greek II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Simone Sumelidu (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
REBc15 Syntax of Modern Greek I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course follows the basics of syntax dealt with in the introductory four-semester course of Modern Greek language. The aim of the lecture is to systematically deal with, in both theory and practice, sentence and complex-compound sentence syntax while applying the theory of dependency syntax.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be capable of applying the dealt with syntactic phenomena in active and passive translation of Modern Greek texts and use the acquired skills in translating sentences and non-sentence constructions of subordinate clauses adequate in meaning.
Syllabus
  • 1) Relative clauses I.
  • 2) Relative clauses II.
  • 3) Clauses of purpose.
  • 4) Clauses of reason.
  • 5) Conditional clauses.
  • 6) Time clauses I.
  • 7) Time clauses II.
  • 8) Clauses of result.
  • 9) Concessive clauses.
  • 10) Prepositional constructions.
  • 11) Participial constructions.
  • 12) Direct and indirect speech.
  • 13) Revision.
Literature
  • HOLTON, David, Peter MACKRIDGE and Irene PHILIPPAKI-WARBURTON. Greek : a comprehensive grammar. Edited by Vassilios Spyropoulos. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2012, xxxvii, 64. ISBN 9780415598019. info
  • HOLTON, David and Peter MACKRIDGE. Grammatiki tis ellinikis glossas. 1st ed. Athina: Ekdosis Pataki, 1999, 495 pp. ISBN 960-378-082-0. info
  • KLERIS, Ch. and G. BABINIOTIS. Grammatiki tis neas ellinikis. Domoliturjiki - epikinoniaki. II. To rima. I organosi tu minymatos. 1st ed. Athina: Ellinika grammata, 1999, 392 pp. ISBN 960-344-572-X. info
  • KLERIS, Ch. and G. BABINIOTIS. Grammatiki tis neas ellinikis. Domoliturjiki - epikinoniaki. III. Ta epirimatika stichia. I exidikevsi tu minymatos. Athina: Ellinika grammata, 2001, 274 pp. ISBN 960-393-551-4. info
  • HESSE, Rolf. Syntax of the Modern Greek Verbal System. The Use of the Forms, Particularly in Combination with "tha" and "na". 2nd Revised Edition. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2003, 141 pp. ISBN 87-7289-823-2. info
  • MACKRIDGE, Peter. I neoelliniki glossa. Perigrafiki analysi tis neoellinikis kinis. Ekdosis Pataki. Athina, 1987. info
  • TZARTZANOS, Achill. Neoelliniki syntaxis (tis kinis dimotikis). reprint 2. vydání (1963). Thessaloniki: Ekd. ikos adelfon Kyriakidi, 1996, 325 pp. Tomos B'. ISBN 960-343-092-7. info
  • Themata neoellīnikīs syntaxīs : theōria, askīseis. Edited by Dimitra Theofanopoulou-Kontou - M. Galaxoula. Athīna: Ethniko kai Kapodistriako Panepistīmio Athīnōn, 1998, 144 s. ISBN 9608468132. info
  • SARAFIDOU, Triantafyllia. Themata syntaxis kai logou tis neas ellinikis glossas. 2i ekdosi. Athina: Ath. Stamoulis, 2003, 237 s. ISBN 9603514543. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, practice (syntax excercises, sentence translations), homeworks.
Assessment methods
Requirements for passing the examination: passing a written test (min 70 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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