AJ2206 Syntax B

Pedagogická fakulta
jaro 2020
Rozsah
0/2/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
AJ2206/01: Čt 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, R. Povolná
AJ2206/02: Út 8:00–9:50 učebna 53, R. Povolná
AJ2206/03: každý lichý čtvrtek 14:00–15:50 učebna 50 a každý sudý čtvrtek 14:00–15:50 učebna 33, R. Povolná
AJ2206/04: St 18:00–19:50 učebna 12, R. Vogel
AJ2206/05: Po 14:00–15:50 učebna 12, R. Vogel
Předpoklady
( AJ2205 Syntax A )
This course can be attended by all students who have passed their exam in English grammar in the first year of their study and who have successfully finished Syntax A.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The main goal of the course is to master characteristic features of English syntax, mainly in comparison with the structure of the students´ mother tongue, the Czech language. The differences between the simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence will be studied, including all types of dependent clauses and complex condensation.
Výstupy z učení
The students are expected: 1. to understand linguistic terms from the area of syntax and to be able to explain them on concrete examples; 2. to understand the structure of the compound and complex sentence in comparison with the structure of the simple sentence, especially when compared to the structure of the sentence in the Czech language; 3. to know the language means for the expression of a variety of relations realized by different types of subordinate clauses, namely nominal, adverbial, relative and comparative clauses; 4. to be capable of identifying concrete, even more complex, syntactic structures in the written text and to know how to explain and descrive them while using adequate linguistic terms.
Osnova
  • 1. Coordination. Compound sentence and co-ordinating conjunctions, including correlative pairs. 2. Coordination of nominal phrases. Simple and complex coordination. Minor types of coordination. 3. Complementation of verbs and adjectives. Multi-word verbs. Prepositional, phrasal and phrasal-prepositinal verbs. 4. Subordination. Complex sentence and subordinating conjunctions. Three structural classes of dependent clauses (finite, non-finite and verbless). Transferred negation. Emphasizing negation. 5. Four major semantic classes of dependent clauses (nominal, adverbial, relative and comparative). Nominal clauses. 6. Direct and indirect speech and their means of expression. Adverbial clauses of result and cause. 7. Adverbial clauses of purpose (standard and infinitive constructions). 8. Adverbial clauses of concession, time and place. 9. Alternative ways of expression for cause, purpose and concession. Prepositional constructions. 10. Types of condition (open, hypothetical, rhetorical and indirect). Adverbial clauses of condition. 11. Subordinate clauses as part of other sentence elements. Comparative clauses. 12. Two types of relative clauses. Relative pronouns and relative adverbials. Reduced relative clauses.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
    doporučená literatura
  • SVARTVIK, Jan a Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. English grammar :word by word. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 448 s. ISBN 0-17-555705-5. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. Current English grammar. London: Macmillan, 1984, 296 p. ; 2. ISBN 0-333-35025-169. info
  • DEUCHAR, Margaret, Robert HOOGENRAAD a Geoffrey Neil LEECH. English grammar for today :a new introduction. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 s. ISBN 0-333-30644-9. info
Výukové metody
Mode of teaching: lecture The methods used in classes are mainly presentations of new and/or problematic grammatical issues by the teacher, followed by class discussions and questions from students and practical exercises selected from the compulsory textbooks. As for written assignments, students are supposed to do all the tests which accompany the topics studies and which are included in the is.muni.cz course Seminar to syntax B/Syntax B.
Metody hodnocení
In order to be allowed to sit for the oral exam students have to pass a mid-term test and translation, and a final exam test and translation. The passmark of all the tests including translations is 70 per cent. The final exam test and translation is part of the oral exam.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/warp_predmet_vyber?fakulta=1441;obdobi=6085;predmet=773653
Due to the quarantine in semester Spring 2020, the oral part of the syntax exam will be held via ZOOM. Students will sign up for terms in the IS, and, 2 days before the term they will be sent an invitation for the ZOOM meeting.
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