FF:Vj6 Cont. Viet. gram. and syntax - Course Information
Vj6 Continuing Vietnamese grammar and syntax
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Julie Lien Vrbková (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- previous study of Vu1 Linguistical terminology for Vietnamese Studies and Vj4 Grammar and Syntax of Vietnamese
- 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
- Vietnamese Studies (programme FF, B-VIE_) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course follows and further develops explanations of basic grammar and syntax of Vietnamese with focus on higher level of syntactic patterns, types of developed patterns of Vietnamese sentences + their combinations. Another subjects of the course are less usual syntactic patterns and identification of grammatical and syntactic patterns borrowed from Chinese. The course Continuing Vietnamese Grammar and Syntax is a profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course a student:
- knows the theory, terminology and higher levels of Vietnamese grammar and syntax
- is able to describe and on practical examples analyze structure of Vietnamese sentences
- is able to identify grammatical and syntactic patterns borrowed from Chinese. - Syllabus
- 1. Advanced terminology of Vietnamese grammar and syntax
- 2. Types + classifications of Vietnamese clauses and sentences (additional explanations)
- 3. Sentence structures with co-verbs (additional explanations)
- 4. Types of complements in sentences (additional explanations)
- 5. System of dependent clauses in Vietnamese language (additional explanations)
- 6. Types, order and hierarchy of parts of developed sentences
- 7. Grammatical and syntactic patterns borrowed from Chinese
- 8. Intonation and patterns of grammar in polite vs. impolite speech
- 9. Analogies in language families of Asia
- 10. Analyses and exercises
- Literature
- required literature
- Nguyễn Văn Hiệp. 2017. Cú pháp tiếng Việt. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội.
- Nguyễn Hữu Quỳnh. 2001. Ngữ pháp tiếng Việt. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển bách khoa.
- recommended literature
- Phan, John Duong. 2013. Lacquered words: The evolution of Vietnamese under Sinitic influences from the 1st century BCE through the 17th century CE. Ph.D. Dissertation - Cornell University.
- BISANG, Walter. 1992. Das Verb im Chinesischen, Hmong, Vietnamesischen, Thai und Khmer. Vergleichende Grammatik im Rahmen der Verbserialisierung, der Grammatik und der Attraktorpositionen. (Language Universals Series, Vol. 7). Tübingen: Gunter Narr.
- Clark, Marybeth. 1978. Coverbs and case in Vietnamese. Canberra: Australian National University.
- CADIÈRE, L. 1958. Syntaxe de la langue viêtnamienne. Paris: École Française d᾽Extrême-Orient.
- Nguyên Đăng Liễm. 1975. Cases, clauses and sentences in Vietnamese. Canberra: Australian National University.
- not specified
- EMENEAU, M. B. 1951. Studies in Vietnamese (Annamese) Grammar. Berkeley – Los Angeles: University of California Press.
- Luong Van Ke. 1994. Der chinesische Einfluss auf die vietnamesische Sprache. Untersuchungen zu Kontaktprozessen zwischen dem Vietnamesischen und dem Chinesischen... Münster – Hamburg: Lit Verlag.
- NGUYỄN, Chí Hoà. 2006. Ngữ pháp tiếng Việt thực hành. A Practical Grammar of Vietnamese. Hà nội: Nhà xuất bản đại học quốc gia Hà nội.
- THOMPSON, L. C. 1965. A Vietnamese Grammar. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and exercises.
- Assessment methods
- Written brief tests at the beginning of every lecture - 50 % of correct answers from all brief tests (including tests from missed classes) is needed to pass for final written examination. Then at least 80 % of correct answers from final written examination is needed to pass the course. Note: also at least 75 % of correct answers from all brief tests is enough (= with no required level of results from final written examination) to pass the course.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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