Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Pavla Chejnová, Ph.D. (06.01.2019)
The Fundaments of Czech Grammar
Requirements for credit:
- Active and regular participation (max. two absences),
- Spoken paper (10 min.) on an essential Czech linguistics issue (by arrangement) in Czech or in English, followed by discussion.
1st seminar:
- Czech language from a diachronic perspective,
- Czech language as a west Slavonic language,
- Czech language grammar system.
2nd seminar:
- Fundaments of Czech phonetics and phonology,
- Practical exercises in Czech pronunciation (linear and suprasegmental features).
3rd seminar:
- Contrastive Czech-English morphology and syntax,
- Czech word order,
- Principles of functional sentence perspective,
- Practical exercises depending on the Czech language knowledge.
4th seminar:
- Principles of word formation,
- Foreign words in Czech,
- Practical exercises in Czech pragmatics competencies.
5th seminar:
- Czech sociolinguistic characteristics,
- So called Common Czech, inter-dialects, dialects,
- Sociolects and their principles,
- Practical exercises in Czech socioculture competencies.
6th seminar:
- Prague Linguistic Circle,
- Main personalities of the Czech linguistics,
- Evaluation and assessment.
Recommended Literature:
HOLÁ, L. 2007: Czech Grammar in a Nutshell. Prague: Akropolis.
HŮRKOVÁ, J. 1995: Česká výslovnostní norma. Prague: Scientia.
KARLÍK, P. - NEKULA, M. - RUSÍNOVÁ, Z. Eds. 2008: Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
Pravidla českého pravopisu a tvarosloví. after 1993.
SGALL, P. et al. 1992: Variation in Language: Code switching in Czech as a challenge for sociolinguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Slovník spisovné češtiny pro školu a veřejnost. Prague: Academia, 2006.
VACHEK, J. 2003: Dictionary of the Prague School of Linguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
www.locallingo.com/czech/grammar/index.html