OJ213 Formal syntax of slavonic languages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D.
Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 L32
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of generative grammar, passive knowledge of English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Student understands basic goals and methods of formal syntax; he knows those important problems for this framework which stem from Slavonic languages, and he should be able to apply apparatus of formal description to these data. He should be able to solve traditional Slavic data problems as case system, aspectual system but he also recognizes modern problems which arise as a result of using formal framework for describing natural language.
Syllabus
  • - case and agreement, genitiv of negation, syntax of quantifiers, argument structure, clitics, wh-movement, binding, aspect, linearisation.
Literature
  • Progovac, Lj. (1994) Positive and Negative Polarity: A Binding Approach. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 38. Cambridge UP, Cambridge.
  • Franks, S. (1995) Parameters of Slavic Morphosyntax. Oxford University Press, New York.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Successful completition is conditioned by writing an essay on assigned topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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