AJ2RC_SYN3 Syntax 3

Faculty of Education
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Irena Hůlková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
This course can be attended by all students who have passed their exam in English grammar in the first year of their sstudy and who have successfully finished seminar to syntax A.
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 main goal of the course is to master characteristic features of English syntax, mainly in comparison with the students mother tongue. The diffrences between the simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence will be studied. All types of dependent clauses and complex condensation will be included in the course syllabus too.
Syllabus
  • Program: Subject: Seminar to syntax B Teacher: Irena Hůlková Spring term: A Student's English Grammar Workbook (Sylvia Chalker) Grammar in Context (Hugh Gethin) February: Chapter 13 - Coordination. Chapter 10B - The -ing form as gerund. March: Chapter 13 - cont. Chapter 10 C - Verbs taking the infinitive or -ing (participle) according to meaning. Chapter 16 - Complementation of verbs and adjectives - selfstudy. Chapter 10D - Verbs taking a full infinitive or -ing (gerund) according to meaning. Lists of verbs - selfstudy. Chapter 16 - cont. Practice. Chapter 10 D - Verbs taking a full infinitive or -ing (gerund) according to meaning - cont. Revision of Chapter 10. Revision of Chapters 13 and 16. Chapter 3A - Relation between result and cause. Chapter 3B - Result expressed by too or enough. Chapter 14 - The complex sentence - introduction. Chapter 4A - Purpose (Standard constructions). April: Chapter 14 - cont. Revision test. Chapter 4B - Purpose (Shortened constructions) Chapter 6 - cause, purpose, concesssion (Alternatives) Chapter 14 - cont. Revision of Chapter 14 - selfstudy. Chapter 5 - Concession. Chapter 6 - cont. - selfstudy. Chapter 15 - Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses. Revision of Chapters 4, 5 and 6. Practice. Chapter 15 - cont. May: Chapter 7 - Time. Revision of Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6. Chapter 8B - Sentence building with relatives. Chapter 8C - Shortened constructions. Chapter 9 - Similarity and comparison.
Literature
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
  • SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. 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 and Geoffrey Neil LEECH. English grammar for today :a new introduction. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 s. ISBN 0-333-30644-9. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
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