AJ5_CNSB Normative Syntax Seminar B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
This course can be taken only after completing the course in normative grammar and it must be taken at the same time as the course on normative syntax.
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
This is an obligatory seminar for 2nd year students of both the 4-year and 5-year studies, designed to practise individual linking devices used in formal and informal English to form well-written texts with varied types of sentences, linked richly and accurately according to the current need.
Syllabus
  • 1. Complex and compound sentences. Subject and predicate. 2. Verb phrase. 3. Auxiliary verbs and primary verbs. 4. Subject - verb agreement. Completers. 5. Transitive verbs and objects. 6. Intransitive verbs and adverbials. Linking verbs and complements. 7. Sentence analysis. Subordinate clauses. 8. Relation between result and cause. Result expressed with "too" or "enough". 9. Linking: purpose. Standard and shortened constructions. 10. Linking: concession. Linking: cause, purpose, concession (alternative). 11. Linking: time. 12. Linking: relative. Sentence building with relatives. 13. Adverbial clauses. Conjunctive adverbs. Non-finite adverbial clauses. 14. Noun clauses - finite and non-finite. Infinitives in noun clauses. 15. Synthesis: working with texts. Revision translations.
Literature
  • QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A Student s Grammar of the English Language. 1. vyd. London: Longman, 1990, 490 s. ISBN 0-582-07569-6. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: cvičení z jaz.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.
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