NJI_1411A German grammar III

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–10:50 J22
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
NJI_1411A/01: Wed 12:00–12:50 B2.34, V. Brom
NJI_1411A/02: Wed 13:00–13:50 B2.34, V. Brom
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
The course presents an introductory overview of syntax as a linguistic discipline, including its basic concepts and terminology. Enhancing the knowledge about sentence constructions in German is focussed on, for application in practical language use as well as in text analyses.
Learning outcomes
Upon completition of the course, the students will be able to: identify and describe the syntactic elements of a sentence; charakterise the relations and functions of individual phrases in a sentence as well as their functions; distinguish the types of sentences and be aware of their snytactic specificities; analyse German texts in widespread use with focus on the syntax.
Syllabus
  • syntax in context of other linguistic disciplines; basic topics, concepts, terminology; syntactic elements, phrases, sentences, more complex syntactic contructions; sentence types in German; syntyctic analysis of selected texts
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ZEMAN, Jaromír. Syntax der deutschen Sprache. Materialien zur Syntaxvorlesung (German Syntax. Materials for Lectures in Syntax). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 90 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6828-5. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • H. Glinz: Deutsche Syntax. Stuttgart 1967.
  • Grundlagen der Syntax. Jana Maroszová u. M. v. Marie Vachková. UK - nakl. Karolinum, Praha 2009, ISBN 978-80-246-1659-9
  • Duden 4 - Die Grammatik. Mannheim 2009.
  • Altmann Hans: Prüfungswissen Syntax: Arbeitstechniken - Klausurfragen - Lösungen. Göttingen 2010.
  • ENGEL, Ulrich. Syntax der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. 3., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1994, 316 s. ISBN 3-503-03094-8. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard. Geschichte der neueren Sprachwissenschaft : unter dem besonderen Aspekt der Grammatik-Theorie. Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1973. info
Teaching methods
1 hour (45 min.) lecture and 1 hour seminar per week; presentation, text analysis, in-class discussions; individual work of students.
Assessment methods
Written test - terminology, definitions and syntactic analysis of a short text.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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