PdF:A2BK_FUKS Functional Syntax - Course Information
A2BK_FUKS Functional and Communicative Syntax
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- A2BK_FUKS/OS01: Fri 27. 9. 13:55–15:35 učebna 10, Fri 18. 10. 13:55–15:35 učebna 10, Fri 1. 11. 13:55–15:35 učebna 10, Fri 15. 11. 13:55–15:35 učebna 10, Fri 29. 11. 13:55–15:35 učebna 10, Fri 13. 12. 13:55–15:35 učebna 10, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
- Prerequisites
- ( A2BK_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && A2BK_GR1B Grammar B && A2BK_SFFB Phonetics Seminar B ) || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
syntax A, synatx B - 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
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to practice the communicative appproach in the study of English syntax using two strategies: a. the study of grammatical structures at sentence level with regards to their function as statements, questions, directives and exclamatives, b. the study of meaning in connected discourse (utterance level) - linking signals and constructions, word order and emphasis, functional sentence perspective etc.
- Syllabus
- 1. Communicative syntax vs. normative syntax. Language in context. 2. Analysing language structures - giving information and expressing opinion. Functions of language. 3. Analysing language structures - expressing a point of view. Clauses with hypothetical meaning. 4. Analysing language structures - expressing mood and emotion. Discourse functions of sentences. 5. Analysing language structures - modality. Speech acts. The co-operative primciple and the principle of politeness. 6. Analysing language structures - linking signals and constructions. 7. Analysing language structures - referring expressions. Grammatical cohesion. 8. Presenting and focussing information. Spoken vs. written language. 9. Order and emphasis. Fronting. 10. Order and emphasis. Postponement. 11. Register variation - formal vs. informal, polite vs, familiar. 12. Dialect variation.
- Literature
- required literature
- QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A Student s Grammar of the English Language. 1. vyd. London: Longman, 1990, 490 s. ISBN 0-582-07569-6. info
- DONTCHEVA-NAVRATILOVA, Olga. Grammatical structures in English : meaning in context. 3. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 169 stran. ISBN 9788021057623. info
- SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
- recommended literature
- TÁRNYIKOVÁ, Jarmila. Chapters from modern English syntax : (a communicative approach). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1993, 105 s. ISBN 8070672684. info
- VACHEK, Josef. A functional syntax of modern English. Vydání 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 50 stran. ISBN 8021008636. info
- Teaching methods
- A two-period seminar (90 mins). Home assignments + home reading. A mid-term test + a credit test (practical analysis of authentic texts and their functional interpretation) + oral exam. More than two absences are not tolerated. Teaching methods: classroom discussions, lectures, students' presentations, home assignments, home projects.
- Assessment methods
- Teaching methods: classroom discussions, lectures, students' presentations, home assignments, home projects.
Continuous assessment based on presence and participation at seminars. A mid-term test (passmark 65%) + a credit test (passmark 65%) + oral exam. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=143
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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