UZIJA103 Italian Syntax

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 11:40–13:15 A40
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA026 Comprehensive Exam || IJIA028 Bachelor's Exam
Normativní gramatika I - III.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main purpose of the course is to bring to the students a deeper theoretical understanding and practical mastery of the Italian syntax. The course is a continuation of the Normative Grammar of Italian, dedicated mainly to the Italian morphology. The course focuses above all on the chapters concerning the basic constituents of the sentence, the use of verbal tenses and modes etc. The studied phenomena are illustrated by original texts.
Syllabus
  • Familiarization with the necessary terminology. Syntagm. Types of sentences: possible criteria for their classification. The constituents of a sentence. Complex and compound sentences. The types of subordinate clauses. The functional sentence perspective. The Italian word order compared to Czech. Specific features of the Italian syntax and the problems of translation.
Literature
  • SERIANNI, Luca. Grammatica italiana. Italiano comune e lingua letteraria. Torino, 1989. info
  • DARDANO, Maurizio and Pietro TRIFONE. La lingua italiana. Bologna, 1991. info
  • BATTAGLIA, S. and V. PERNICONE. La grammatica italiana. Torino, 1957. info
  • LEPSCHY, Laura and Giulio LEPSCHY. La lingua italiana. Storia, varieta dell'uso, grammatica. Milano, 1994. info
  • Hamplová, Sylva. Mluvnice italštiny. Praha: Leda, 2004.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, Sylva. Stručná mluvnice italštiny. 2. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 373 s. info
  • Wotkeová, Zuzana. Elementi di morfosintassi italiana. Brno: CERM, 2005.
Teaching methods
lecture, exercises
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
General note: Lze zapsat až po úspěšném složení souborné nebo bakalářské zkoušky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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