JSB224 Introduction to Serbian and Croatian Syntax

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Basic theoretical presentation of Serbo-Croatian syntax (mainly in contrast with Czech), Serbian and/or Croatian terminology from this discipline.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of Serbian and Croatian syntax, have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of linguistics, have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of comparative study of Slavonic languages, be familiar with Serbo-Croatian grammar, and contrast and compare Czech and Serbo-Croatian language.
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology (syntax, sentence, verb phrase, nominal phrase, other basic terms); syntactical analysis of texts, interpunction, syntactical analysis of text, exercises.
  • 1. General characteristics of syntax, basic terminology
  • 2. Word, syntagma, sentence, phrase
  • 3. Predicate
  • 4. Subject
  • 5. Object
  • 6. Adverbial
  • 7. Attribute, apposition
  • 8. Predicative complement
  • 9. Sentences from modal point of view
  • 10. Simple sentence
  • 11. Parataxis, types of sentences
  • 12. Hypotaxis, types of sentences
Literature
    required literature
  • SILIĆ, Josip and Ivo PRANJKOVIĆ. Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika : za gimnazije i visoka učilišta. Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2005, 422 s. ISBN 9530400144. info
  • BARIĆ, Eugenija. Hrvatska gramatika. 2. promijenjeno izd. Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 1997, 697 s. ISBN 953-0-40010-1. info
  • STANOJČIĆ, Živojin. Gramatika srpskog književnog ǰezika. 1. izd. Beograd: Kreativni centar, 2010, 418 s. ISBN 9788677817572. info
  • PIPER, Predrag and Ivan KLAJN. Normativna gramatika srpskog ǰezika. Novi Sad: Matica srpska, 2013, 582 s. ISBN 9788679461131. info
  • SEDLÁČEK, Jan. Stručná mluvnice srbocharvátštiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 269 s. ISBN 8020001719. info
    recommended literature
  • LOTKO, Edvard. Slovník lingvistických termínů pro filology. 3. nezměněné vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, 128 stran. ISBN 8024407205. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Úvod do studia jazyka. 2. vydání. Olomouc: Rubico, 2008, 248 stran. ISBN 9788073460938. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 4., v Karolinu 2.,. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 380 stran. ISBN 9788024619460. info
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, 1092 stran. ISBN 9788074224812. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie, Miloš DOKULIL, Zdeněk HLAVSA, Josef HRBÁČEK and Zdeňka HRUŠKOVÁ. Čeština - řeč a jazyk. 3., rozšířené a upraven. Praha: SPN - pedagogické nakladatelství, a. s., 2011, 442 stran. ISBN 9788072354139. info
    not specified
  • PRANJKOVIĆ, Ivo. Druga hrvatska skladnja : sintaktičke rasprave. Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, 2001, 179 s. ISBN 9531690758. info
  • PRANJKOVIĆ, Ivo. Hrvatska skladnja : rasprave iz sintakse hrvatskoga standardnog jezika. 2. izmijenjeno izdanje. Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, 2002, 239 s. ISBN 953169074X. info
  • MALDŽIJEVA, Vjara, TOPOLINJSKA, Zuzana, ĐUKANOVIĆ, Maja, PIPER, Predrag. Južnoslovenski jezici: gramatičke strukture i funkcije. Beograd: Beogradska knjiga, 2009.
  • PIPER, Predrag. Sintaksa savremenoga srpskog jezika : prosta rečenica. Edited by Milka Ivić. Beograd: Institut za srpski jezik SANU, 2005, 1164 s. ISBN 8675901259. info
  • SIMIĆ, Radoje and Jelena JOVANOVIĆ SIMIĆ. Srpska sintaksa. Beograd: Naučno društvo za negovanje i proučavanje srpskog jezika, 2002, 1424 s. ISBN 8676810095. info
  • SIMIĆ, Radoje and Jelena JOVANOVIĆ SIMIĆ. Srpska sintaksa. Beograd: Naučno društvo za negovanje i proučavanje srpskog jezika, 2002, 1650 s. ISBN 8676810109. info
Teaching methods
One lecture and one seminar per week, presentation of paper on topic from comparative Serbian-Slavic or Croatian-Slavic grammar. Seminar thesis.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. The condition for admission to the exam is a public presentation of the paper and the submission of a seminar thesis (the date will be specified at the beginning of the semester). The exam is only oral and represents both an interview on the seminar thesis and a test of orientation in professional terminology and the ability of text analysis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
For a more detailed introduction to the current state of Serbian and Croatian and their development during the second half of the 20th century, I recommend the monographs Srpski jezik and Hrvatski jezik, which are written in the respective languages ​​and which come from the Polish edition Najnowsze dzieje języków słowiańskich (Opole, 1996 /Serbian/, respectively 1998 /Croatian/).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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