NJ_G310 Contrastive Syntax

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Hana Peloušková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Hana Peloušková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
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Course objectives
The aim of this seminar is to extend the theoretical knowledge of the system of German simple sentence,to identify the grammatical phenomena on the analysis of authentic language material,to describe and compare the German syntactic structures with their Czech counterparts and to identify similarities and differences.
Learning outcomes
The student is able - to practically apply his theoretical knowledge in the analysis of the authentic language material, - to reflect the parallels and differences between the Czech and German syntactic structures, - to interpret, evaluate and present the results of his research, - to work efficiently with corpus instruments.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts and methods of dependence grammar 2. Methods of language comparison 3. Language corpora and parallel corpora 4. Analysis of authentic parallel language material 5. Presentations of student research
Literature
    required literature
  • PELOUŠKOVÁ, Hana. Leitfaden zur Syntax des einfachen Satzes. Kurz gefasste Theorie mit Übungen und Ergänzungsmaterialien (Introduction to the Syntax of simple sentence. Theorie with Excercises und Supplementary Materials). první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 68 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4889-8. info
  • PELOUŠKOVÁ, Hana. Leitfaden zur Syntax des zusammengesetzten Satzes. Kurz gefasste Theorie mit Übungen. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 48 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5119-5. info
  • e-learningový kurz v prostředí Moodle: Syntax sou časné němčiny
    recommended literature
  • Grammatik der deutschen Sprache (Variant.) : Knaurs Grammatik der deutschen Sprache : Sprachsystem und Sprachgebrauch. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Deutsche Grammatik : ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. 8., neubearbeitete Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1984, 737 s. info
  • Duden :Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Edited by Gerhard Augst - Günther Drosdowski. 4. völlig neu bearb. und er. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 1984, 800 s. ISBN 3-411-20904-6. info
    not specified
  • ENGEL, Ulrich. Deutsche Grammatik. 2. veb. Aufl. Heidelberg: Julius Groos Verlag, 1988, 888 s. ISBN 3-87276-600-7. info
Teaching methods
seminar : - Reading of linguistic texts - Analysis of the language material ( in the classroom and as homework ) - Presentations of the results of individual research
Assessment methods
The course can be completed either by a "zápočet" or by a "kolokvium". Students who wish to complete the course with the "zápočet" have to do all written homework and to active cooperate in seminars. Students who wish to complete the course with a "kolokvium" have additionally to submit and present a seminar paper .
Náhradní absolvování
In the case of stays abroad (e.g. as part of the ERASMUS programme), the completion of an equivalent course at the host university can be recognised as academic achievement. In addition, recognition is possible on the basis of the submission of all compulsory assignments (interactive sylabus in the IS) or the writing of a seminar paper (after consultation with the lecturer).
Language of instruction
German
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2025/NJ_G310/index-LZPcyV.qwarp?prejit=13994446;mode=edit
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý druhý týden v kombinované formě.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.
Teacher's information
Support for learning and self-reflection for combined students takes place during regular contact hours. Outside of these times, students can contact the lecturer at any time by email or during office hours or arrange an online meeting in MS Teams. Contact information and current office hours dates can be found in IS on the lecturer's personal page.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Spring 2024.
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