UZFJ1A103X Syntax of French

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 13. 11. 11:40–13:15 G12
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 lecture is focused on aproaches used in syntactic analysis, on types and modalities in simple sentences, on types of paragraphs and the position of sentences. Sentence elements, importance and posotion in the sentence. Problems of word order and the analysis of speech.
Syllabus
  • Analysis of the following terms: "phrase", "énoncé", "énonciation".
  • Processes used in syntactic analysis – substitution, commutation.
  • Independent clause: types and modality.
  • Compound sentences – according to clause position - juxtaposition, coordinating, subordinate, correlative.
  • Clause structure - "groupe nominal", "groupe verbal".
  • The issue of French word order - inversion, dislocation, "détachement", "mise en relief".
  • Analysis and typology of utterances (direct, indirect and semi-direct speech).
  • Functional sentence perspective.
Literature
  • Moneret P. - Rioul, R.: Questions de syntaxe française, PUF, Paris, 199
  • Ducháček, O. - Bartoš.J: Grammaire du français contemporain, SPN, Bratislava, 1976
  • Šabršula, J.: Základy francouzské skladby, SPN, Praha, 1974
  • Béchade H.: La syntaxe du français contemporain, PUF, Paris, 1989
  • LE GOFFIC, Pierre. Grammaire de la phrase française. Paris: Hachette, 1993, 591 s. ISBN 2-01-020383-6. info
  • CHARAUDEAU, Patrick. Grammaire du sens et de l expression. Paris: Hachette, 1992, 927 s. ISBN 2-01-016172-6. info
  • ŠABRŠULA, Jan. Vědecká mluvnice francouzštiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 386 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Credit – written test. Lecture attendance is not mandatory.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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