FF:JSB224 Intr. to Serb./Croat. Syntax - Course Information
JSB224 Introduction to Serbian and Croatian Syntax
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts - 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
- Basic theoretical presentation of Serbo-Croatian syntax (mainly in contrast with Czech), Serbian and Croatian terminology from this discipline.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of Serbian and Croatian syntax, have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of linguistics, have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of comparative study of Slavonic languages, be familiar with Serbo-Croatian grammar, and contrast and compare Czech and Serbo-Croatian language.
- Syllabus
- Basic terminology (syntax, sentence, verb phrase, nominal phrase, other basic terms); syntactical analysis of texts, interpunction, syntactical analysis of text, exercises.
- 1. General characteristics of syntax, basic terminology
- 2. Word, syntagma, sentence, phrase
- 3. Predicate
- 4. Subject
- 5. Object
- 6. Adverbial
- 7. Attribute, apposition
- 8. Predicative complement
- 9. Sentences from modal point of view
- 10. Simple sentence
- 11. Parataxis, types of sentences
- 12. Hypotaxis, types of sentences
- Teaching methods
- One lecture and one seminar per week, presentation of paper on topic from comparative Serbian-Slavic or Croatian-Slavic grammar. Seminar thesis.
- Assessment methods
- The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. The condition for admission to the exam is a public presentation of the paper and the submission of a seminar thesis (the date will be specified at the beginning of the semester). The exam is only oral and represents both an interview on the seminar thesis and a test of orientation in professional terminology and the ability of text analysis.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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