CJA010 Modern Czech Syntax

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Kalinová Zmrzlíková (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Klaška (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Kopáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJA010/A: Wed 8:20–9:55 N01023, P. Kosek
CJA010/B: Tue 8:20–9:55 A44, L. Kopáčková
CJA010/C: Wed 15:00–16:35 A40, J. Klaška
CJA010/D: Tue 8:20–9:55 C42, J. Kalinová Zmrzlíková
Prerequisites
CJA001 Czech Language - Introduction
Students are recommended to attend simultaneously the lecture CJBB99 Syntax - přednáška.
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 aims of the course are 1) to get the students acquainted with the traditional Czech theories about the structure of a sentence as the elementary unit of the language system/of a text, 2. to help them understand the possibilities of the system for creating correct Czech sentences, 3. to help them understand semantic and formal relations among sentence elements. At the end of the course the students should be able to understand and explain the difference between the notions of sentence and utterance. The seminar is orientated practically, i.e. the focus is on application of the particular knowledge into practice when working with a text. Students will also learn rules for correct analysis of a sentence and basic units if communication, using traditional (V. Šmilauer) as well as valency- and semantically-orientated syntax (F. Daneš, M. Grepl).
Syllabus
  • 1. Sentence and utterance. 2. Classification of predicates. 3. Grammatical sentence-model. 4. Syntactic relationships (semantically, formally). 5. Part of speech, sentence-element, constituent. 6. Sentence-equivalent. 7. Diatheses. 8. Modality. 9. Negation. 10. Nominal phrase. 11. Complex/ compound sentence. 12. Functional sentence perspective. 13. Illocutionary acts.
Literature
  • ŠMILAUER, Vladimír. Novočeská skladba. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1969, 574 s. URL info
  • GREPL, Miroslav and Petr KARLÍK. Skladba češtiny. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998, 503 s. ISBN 80-7198-281-4. info
  • DANEŠ, František, Zdeněk HLAVSA and Miroslav GREPL. Mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 746 s. info
  • KARLÍK, Petr, Jana PLESKALOVÁ and Marek NEKULA. Encyklopedický slovník češtiny (Encyclopaedia of the Czech language). Praha: LN, 2002, 10 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny. ISBN 80-7106-484-X. info
Teaching methods
The methods used include theoretical and practical skills, the theoretical ones being to read assigned scholarly materials, the practical ones to analyze concrete Czech sentences/texts – students independently prepare an analysis for each seminar, the preparations are then checked in the seminars.
Assessment methods
To complete the course successfully, it is necessary 1) to participate actively and regularly in the seminars (to read assigned texts and to prepare for the seminars beforehand; the attendance is compulsory), 2) to succeed in a written exam (test). The test is divided into two parts (each of them contains approximately 25 items); to complete the exam successfully, it is necessary to reach at least 70% of the points in each of the parts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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