CJc303 Textual Syntax 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJc303/01: Fri 12. 10. 14:00–15:50 učebna 24, Fri 30. 11. 14:00–15:50 učebna 20, Fri 14. 12. 15:00–16:50 učebna 72, I. Kolářová
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
There is presupposed knowledge of the linguistic disciplines that deal with contemporary language - syntax, stylistics and language analysis of the texts. The students acquire the theoretical information about text linguistics (terminology of the text and textual structure, composition, language means of the textual coherence - reference, conective words).
Learning outcomes
There is presupposed the student shall be able in the end of the semester:
- to make that analysis of the textual structure;
- to describe the language means of the textual coherence
- to choose theme of the written work - complex textual analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Terminology of the text linguistic. Text - talk; sentence - utterance. Monologue, dialogue. Spoken and written tests. Communication and communicative situation/discourse.
  • 2. Text and code. Types of codes. Lingual- and non-lingual code. Intertextuality.
  • 3. The coherence of the texts, language means of the textual coherence. Connective words - connectors. Types of the connectors from structural point of view (words, compound connectors...). Connectors and word cathegories (particles, conjunctions...). The textual function of the connectors.
  • 4. Coreference and alteration. Language means of those relationships.
  • 5.Other semantic relationships in the text.
  • 6. Grammar and the text coherence (grammatical congruence and coherence, syntactical relations and coherence).
  • 7. Connection of the textual units in the texts and connection of the textual units and texts with the discourse. Language means of the contact, their function.
Literature
  • ŠTÍCHA, František a kol. Akademická gramatika spisovné češtiny. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2013, 974 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2205-9. info
  • HOFFMANNOVÁ, Jana, Světla ČMEJRKOVÁ, Martin HAVLÍK, Olga MÜLLEROVÁ and Jiří ZEMAN. Styl mediálních dialogů. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2013, 314 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2267-7. info
  • KOLÁŘOVÁ, Ivana and Jana HOFFMANNOVÁ. Kombinatorika temporálních konektorů (Combinatory analysis of temporal connectors). In Kapitoly z české gramatiky. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2011, p. 1081-1120. Lingvistika. ISBN 978-80-200-1845-8. info
  • KOLÁŘOVÁ, Ivana. Základní jevy koreference (Introduction to the coreference). In Kapitoly z české gramatiky. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2011, p. 979-1000. Lingvistika. ISBN 978-80-200-1845-8. info
  • GREPL, Miroslav and Petr KARLÍK. Skladba češtiny. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998, 503 s. ISBN 80-7198-281-4. info
  • HRBÁČEK, Josef. Nárys textové syntaxe spisovné češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Trizonia, 1994, 134 s. ISBN 80-85573-51-2. info
  • Mluvnice češtiny. 3, Skladba. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 746 s. info
Teaching methods
- Lecture, reading connected with the presentation of some written texts - explanation of the phenomena of textual syntax
- Individual studying hours
- Controlled dialogue, discussion about some theme of textual syntax
Assessment methods
The programm of the course is based on tutorial.
Ending: Credit
Credit requirements:
Thema of the work - treatise of the size 4 and more pages that has to be given up in the end of the spring term (CJ3DC_JTx2).Abstract retrieval.
The treatise can be based on:
a)complex analysis of some texts;
b)analysis of some textual phenomena in some text/texts (connectives, language means of reference, functional sentence perspective in texts; deictic words in texts...);
c)structuring of some texts;
d)syntax of spoken texts;
e)intratextual relationships (relationships among various texts);
f)literary and non-literary language in texts;
g)sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and communication.
Students can suggest another thema,
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 9 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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