Syntax I - OIBA2A112A

• Title: Syntax I
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2019
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc.

Annotation

The course shows intentional and structural sentence types of modern English, main sentence structures and word order. Participants are expected to master theoretical knowledge as well as its practical application in their future teaching practice.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

Course completion requirements

- active participation in seminars

- 80% presence in the classes

- test - minimum to pass 70%

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

Literature

Recommended literature:

BIBER, D., JOHANSSON, S., LEECH, G., CONRAD, S., FINEGAN, E. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman, Pearson Education Ltd., Harlow, 1999

GREENBAUM, S., QUIRK, R. A Student’s Grammar of the English language. Harlow: Longman, 1990. ISBN 0-582-05971-2.

QUIRK, R., GREENBAUM, S., LEECH, G. and SVARTVIK, J., 1985. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Harlow/London/New York: Longman Group Limited.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

Requirements to the exam

- active participation in seminars

- 80% presence in the classes

- test - minimum to pass 70%

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

Syllabus

1. Terminology. The Simple Sentence. Clausal Constituents. The Subject.

2. The Object. Passives. Clause Complex. Coordination and Subordination.

3. Clause Complex. Coordination and Subordination. Content Clauses.

4. Relative Clauses 1

5. Relative Clauses 2

6. Time Clauses

7. Conditional Clauses 1.

8. Conditional Clauses 2.

9. Clauses of Concession.

10. Clauses of Reason. Clauses of Purpose.

11. The non-finite clauses. The Infinitive.

12. Using Gerund and Infinitive. Participles.

13. Revision.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.05.2019)