AJ22065 Semantics: The English Verb

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 G22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Objectives of the course: The course provides students with a solid understanding of the semantic structure of English verbs. The course aims to encourage an active approach on the part of students toward the subject matter. Students successfully completing the course will be able to categorize English verbs and to interpret their internal semantic structure. They will also be able to examine the syntactic behaviour of verbs in relation to their semantic properties.
Syllabus
  • Description of the course: This is an investigative seminar, designed for advanced students. The topics covered in the course are as follows: - basic situation types
  • - 'telicity' versus 'atelicity'
  • - achievements
  • - internal semantic structure of English verbs versus their internal temporal structuration
  • - semantic multivalence of English verbs
  • - modal verbs
  • - internal semantic structure of verbs in relation to their syntactic behaviour
  • - verbs in middle constructions
  • - verbs in passive constructions
  • - causative verbs
  • - motion verbs
  • - verbs versus nouns
  • - event structuration as reflected in verbal semantics
Literature
  • William Frawley: Linguistic Semantics (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum) 1992
  • DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny : na pozadí češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia. 673 p. 1988. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. Edited by David Crystal. London: Longman. x, 1779. ISBN 9780582517349. 1985. info
  • VENDLER, Zeno. Linguistics in philosophy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. info
Teaching methods
One 1.5 hour seminar with students' participation (students will each prepare a 15-20 minute presentation on a selected topic).
Assessment methods
Seminar attendance is compulsory. Assessment: students can choose between a written test and a research paper (examining the issues dealt with in the seminars). The breakdown of the marking is as follows: - Oral presentation: 20% - Research paper (or a written test): 80%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si nemohou zapsat studenti Bc. studia AJ
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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