The first half of the course introduces the lexical level in the description of English. It covers all basic areas of lexicology, with a focus on word formation and lexical semantics. Special emphasis is placed on the practical application of the studied processes and relationships. The second half of the course focuses on syntax, addressing the syntax of non-finite verb forms, complex sentences, negation and word order. The course includes presentations of relevant theoretical concepts, complemented by practical analyses and exercises.
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Literature - Czech
Bauer, L., R. Lieber, I. Plag (2015) The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology. Oxford University Press
Dušková, L. (1988) Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny (Part II - Syntax), Academia Praha (passages on the treated points)
Dušková, L. (1999) Studies in the English language, Part II. Univerzita Karlova v Praze – Karolinum (Chaps. 20, 24, 27, 30, 37)
Dušková, L. (2015) From Syntax to Text: the Janus face of functional sentence perspective. Prague: Karolinum (Chaps. 10, 11, 12, 23.)
Huddleston R., Pullum G.K. (2002) The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Plag, I. (2018) Word-Formation in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Quirk, R. et al. (1985) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman
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Requirements to the exam - Czech
regular attendance (max 3 absences per semester are allowed)
assigned reading (students are to read a chapter to the relevant topic prior to each seminar session)
homework (analysis of texts, on-line excercises in moodle, etc.)
final test
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Syllabus - Czech
Lexicology; word-formation processes; derivation (prefixation and suffixation);
compounding; conversion
Abbreviation processes; blending
Lexical semantics: synonymy, antonymy
Hyponymy, hyperonymy; polysemy, homonymy
Syntagmatic sense relations: multi-word units, collocations, idioms
Syntax of the infinitive
Syntax of the ing-form
Multiple sentence: coordination vs. subordination (levels of syntactic dependence)
Syntactic ambiguities and garden path phenomena
The semantics of negation
Word order as a polyfunctional device: grammatical factor, semantic factor, means of expressing emotion and emphasis, and a factor of functional sentence perspective
Cleft sentence
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