AJ4_CNSA Normative Syntax Seminar A

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Stanislava Čapková (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
This subject can be taken only after completing the course in normative grammar and it must be taken at the same time as the course on normative syntax.
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
This is an obligatory seminar for 2 -nd year students of both the 4 - year and 5 - year studies, particularly designed to understand and practise individual semantic areas covered by modal verbs and to enlarge the student's usage of non-finite verb forms in formal and informal English.
Syllabus
  • 1. Simple sentence - structure and form. 2. Communicative modality and modality proper. 3. Ability, permission, possibility. 4. Past activity, habit, refusal. 5. Expectation, assumption, conclusion. 6. Obligation, absence of obligation. 7. Duty and arrangement with non - fulfilment. 8. Use of "should" for suggestions, opinions, feelings, etc. 9. The infinitive. 10. The -ing as gerund. 11. Verbs taking a full infinitive or gerund according to meaning. 12. Verbs taking the infinitive or -ing participle according to meaning. 13. Non-finite verb forms. 14. Tree diagrams and syntactic hierarchy within the sentence.
Literature
  • QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A Student s Grammar of the English Language. 1. vyd. London: Longman, 1990, 490 s. ISBN 0-582-07569-6. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: cvičení z jaz.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
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