CJJ04 Modern Czech Morphology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Klára Osolsobě, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
CJJ01 Language - Proseminar
Prerequisite: CJJ01.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with the main notions relating to morphological analysis (morpheme, allomorphy, morphonological alterations, parts of speech etc.). Students should be able to apply these notions on the description of morphosyntactic and morphonological structure of Czech.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to give a definition and examples of the terms.
Syllabus
  • 1. Parts of speech – criteria of classification.
  • 2. Morphematic analysis - morpheme, allomorphy.
  • 3. Noun.
  • 3.1 Prototypical grammatical and semantic features, syntactic functions.
  • 3.2 Paradigms.
  • 3.3 Nouns derived from: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs.
  • 4. Adjective.
  • 4.1 Prototypical grammatical and semantic features, syntactic functions.
  • 4.2 Declension of adjectives, mixed and composed declension, function of nominal forms.
  • 4.3. Adjectives derived from: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs.
  • 5. Verb.
  • 5.1 Prototypical grammatical and semantic features, syntactic functions.
  • 5.2 Finite and non-finite forms.
  • 5.3 Conjugation of verbs, type of conjugation, analytic forms.
  • 5.4. Verbs derived from: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs.
Literature
    required literature
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, Strana 110. ISBN 9788074224829. info
    recommended literature
  • Antonio Fábregas & Sergio Scalise. 2012. Morphology. From data to theories. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • PETR, Jan. Mluvnice češtiny. D. 1, Fonetika, fonologie, morfologie a morfemika, tvoření slov. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 566 s. info
    not specified
  • Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Miroslav Grepl - Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 799 s. ISBN 8071061344. info
  • Československá akademie věd. Mluvnice češtiny. D 2 : Tvarosloví. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 536 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, homework and follow-up class discussion, exercise.
Assessment methods
-homework -tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Kurz se skládá z přednášky (1 vyučovací hodina) a semináře (2 vyučovací hodiny). Tématem přednášek jsou obecné koncepty morfologie, které jsou v seminářích aplikovány na češtinu.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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