PRZA007 Syntax for translators

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Taraldsen Medová, M.Phil., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Pavla Doležalová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 G31
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 this course is to provide students with a deeper insight into the Czech syntax with regard to the specifics of translation of foreign-language texts into Czech. Lectures are completed with seminars and practical training, that include exercises using specific texts in which the discussed syntactic phenomena are demonstrated and practiced.
Learning outcomes
Students will reinforce their knowledge of the Czech language and will be able to take into account the structural differences between the target language and the target language.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Sentence and its hierarchical structure 3. Parts of a sentence and syntactic functions 4. Coordinate sentences 5. Subordinate sentences 6. Functional sentence perspective 7. Sentence Structure and Punctuation
Literature
    required literature
  • Karlík, Petr a kol.: Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny online, https://www.czechency.org/index.html, FF MUNI Brno 2012-2018
  • Panevová, Jarmila a kol.: Mluvnice současné češtiny 2/ Syntax češtiny na základě anotovaného korpusu, Karolinum Praha 2014
    not specified
  • Grepl, M., Karlík, P., Nekula, M., Rusínová, Z. (eds.), Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Praha: NLN, 2008.
  • ČSAV, Mluvnice češtiny 3. Skladba. Praha: Academia, 1987.
  • Karlík, P., Nekula, M., Pleskalová, J. (eds.), Encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Praha: NLN, 2002.
  • Grepl, M., Karlík, P., Skladba češtiny. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998.
Teaching methods
Master classes - Theory. Syntactic analysis of selected texts. Seminars and excercises.
Assessment methods
Final exam: written test (success rate: 75%). Students should meet assignment submission deadlines.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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