AJPV_SYRO Syntactic Analysis

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
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. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJPV_SYRO/01: Thu 13:00–13:45 učebna 12, R. Povolná
Prerequisites
This seminar is recommended to students who are getting ready for their examination in syntax and need some more practice in syntactic analysis, but can be attended by anybody interested in the syntactic structure of the English language.
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 main goal of the course is to extend students knowledge of English syntax. Based on the differences between the simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence, students analyse different sentences and texts and thus acquire a deeper knowledge of the syntactic structure of the English language. When required, any more problematic areas from English syntax, such as modal verbs, complex condensation, can be included in the course syllabus.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to syntactic analysis. 2. Grammar and its role in language. 3. Two basic types of grammatical notation. 4. Sentences and their parts. 5. Form and function. Hierarchy of units. 6. Open and closed word classes. 7. Classes of phrase. Main and subordinate phrases. 8. Simple and complex sentence. Elements of the clause. 9. Clause patterns. Parsing a simple sentence. 10. Complex sentence. Structural and semantic classes of dependent clauses. 11. Subordination. Coordination. Skeleton analysis. 12. Basic and derived structures. Constituent structure grammar. 13. Parsing. Style and transformations.
Literature
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. 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
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N. Meaning and the English verb. 1st publ. London: Longman, 1971, viii, 131. ISBN 0582522145. info
Teaching methods
Mode of teaching: seminar The methods used in classes are mainly presentations of problematic grammatical issues by the teacher, followed by class discussions. Later, various types of exercises from different textbooks, including drills, are done.
Assessment methods
Apart from regular attendance (with maximum of three absences) and some short week to week assignments, the students have to choose a text of at least ten sentences and analyse all the sentences as tree diagrams. Moreover, they have to prepare one sentence comprising all the word classes that exist in English, but each word class can be represented only once.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Předmět bude realizován pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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