FJIIB972 Syntactic analysis of single sentence

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jan Radimský, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Wednesday 11:40–14:55 K12 nerezervovat
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course deals with selected syntactic problems related to analysis of independent clauses in Italian and French in confrontation with Czech. The central theme is predication, realized not only through a verb, but especially through an event noun combined with a copula or light verb. Students will be introduced with principles of syntactic Lexicon-grammar analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sentence, proposition, text, context. Syntactic and informational structure of a sentence. 2. Predication as a syntactic and semantic phenomenon. Argument structure of predicate. Verbal predication. 3. Nominal predication with copula verb, nominal predication with light verb. Transformational tests: Reduction of light verb, inalienability of the subject. 4. Event nouns, result nouns. Concrete nouns in light verb constructions. 5. Light verb and its typology. 6. Aspect and aktionsart in light verb constructions. 7. Attribute, epithet.
Literature
  • ŠTICHAUER Pavel (2000), Su alcune costruzioni con verbo supporto in italiano. Linguistica Pragensia, X/1, s. 37-50.
  • SALVI Giampaolo, VANELLI Laura (2004), Nuova grammatica italiana. Bologna, Mulino.
  • GREPL Miroslav, KARLÍK Petr (1998), Skladba češtiny. Olomouc, Votobia.
Teaching methods
Lecture: exposition and definitions of basic terms and their exemplification on different types of specific text. Seminar: application of theoretical knowledge on authentic texts. During their presentations students show their ability to interconnect on their own their theoretical knowledge and practical analysis of a specific text.
Assessment methods
Oral examination (theoretical question, syntactic analysis of a text)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
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