CJc510 Word Formation in Czech Language

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Adam Veřmiřovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
The aim of the course is to practise the knowledge acquired by independent study: basic word-formation concepts, word-formation system and its arrangement, basic word-formation methods and procedures. Derivation of nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs; compounding of nouns and adjectives; contractions; marginal ways of forming words. Students should acquire the ability to parse a word based on a specified algorithm (including expression using a formula), determine its placement in a word-formation system, and assess productivity.
Learning outcomes
The student knows the basic word-formation concepts, the word-formation system and its arrangement, basic word-formation methods and procedures, derivation of nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs; compounding of nouns and adjectives; shortening; marginal ways of forming words. Students have the ability to parse a word based on a specified algorithm (including expression using a formula), determine its placement in a word-formation system, and assess productivity.
Syllabus
  • 1. Word formation in verbal communication.
  • 2. The science of word formation as a linguistic discipline.
  • 3. Basic word-formation terminology.
  • 4. Word-formation system.
  • 5. Formation of basic types of words.
  • 6. Word-formation development tendencies in terms of onomaziological procedures in the contemporary vocabulary.
  • 7. Word formation and school
Teaching methods
Seminar, active work of students, discussion of professional problems of the subject, group work, presentation of homework.
Assessment methods
Self-assessment, peer review, valuation (appreciation), recommending, questioning. Distinguishing between description and interpretation (observation and evaluation). A minimum of 80% participation in the seminar (i.e. synchronous) and presentation of homework is required for successful completion of the course. The course ends with an oral examination (personal participation "offline" is a requirement). Before the exam, learners take a test which they pass with a minimum of 80%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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