AJ5_SYRO Syntactic Analysis

Faculty of Education
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 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
The course is for students who need more practice in the syntactic analysis of texts and it is recommended to students before sitting for their examination in 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
Detailed analysis of the simple sentence. Differences between complex and compound sentences. Finite, non-finite, and verbless clauses and their syntactic functions. Simple and complex coordination. Sentence types and discourse functions. Semantics and grammar of adverbials. Pro-forms and ellipsis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Grammatical notations. 2. Form and function. 3. Open and closed word classes. 4. Classes of phrase. 5. Elements of the clause. 6. Simple sentence. Clause patterns. 7. Sentence types and discourse functions. 8. Semantics and grammar of adverbials. 9. Subjuncts, conjuncts, and disjuncts. 10. Subordination and coordination. 11. Complex sentence. The function of subordinate clauses. 12. Compound sentence. 13. Non-finite and verbless clauses. 14. Pro-forms and ellipsis. 15. Simple and complex coordination.
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
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N., M. (Margaret) DEUCHAR and Robert HOOGENRAAD. English grammar for today : a new introduction. London: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 p. ISBN 0-333-30643-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: sem. jazyk. cvič.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.
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