Course: Syntax

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Course title Syntax
Course code UMJL/N3SYN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction German
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Rubáš Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Syntax as a component of Linguistics. - The formal approach (surface syntax) and semantic (in-depth syntax). - Syntactical relationships and ways of expressing them. - Sentence structures and their standing. - Word order, actual sentence structures. - The typology of sentences. - Compound sentences, the relationship between sentences. - Complex sentences, asides. - Tempora. - The Imperative. - Modality. - From sentences to text. - Text grammar. - Course Credit Test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
  • Participation in classes - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of Morphology
Knowledge of Morphology
learning outcomes
The student has knowledge of all the constituent parts of modern German sentences. He/She knows how to correctly formulate sentences, both simple and complicated. He/She is able to analyse compound sentences from the functional sentence perspective and to create sentences and sentence structure wholes through the use of the correct tempo. He/She knows the "genera verbi", conjunctions, Imperative and the various ways of expressing Modality.
The student has knowledge of all the constituent parts of modern German sentences. He/She knows how to correctly formulate sentences, both simple and complicated. He/She is able to analyse compound sentences from the functional sentence perspective and to create sentences and sentence structure wholes through the use of the correct tempo. He/She knows the "genera verbi", conjunctions, Imperative and the various ways of expressing Modality.
teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
assessment methods
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • BUSSMANN, H. Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft /. 4., durchgesehene und bibliographisch erg. Aufl. Stuttgart : Alfred Kröner, 2008.
  • DREYER, H, SCHMITT, R. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik - aktuell. Ismaning: Hueber, 2010.
  • DUDENREDAKTION (Hg.). Duden 04. Die Grammatik: Unentbehrlich für richtiges Deutsch: Band 4. Mannheim, Leipzig, Wien, Zürich: Dudenverlag, 2009.
  • DÜRSCHEID, C. Syntax: Grundlagen und Theorien. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2007.
  • EISENBERG, P. Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik. Bd.1: Das Wort. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2006.
  • EROMS, H. W. Syntax der deutschen Sprache. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2000.
  • GLÜCK, H. Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 4., aktualisierte und überarb. Aufl. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2010.
  • HALL, K., SCHEINER, B. Übungsgrammatik Deutsch als Fremdsprache für Fortgeschrittene. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag, 2001.
  • HELBIG, G.; BUSCHA, J. Deutsche Grammatik: Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. Berlin, München, Wien: Langenscheidt, 2006.
  • HENTSCHEL, E.; WEYDT, H. Handbuch der Deutschen Grammatik. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003.
  • PITTNER, K.; BERMAN, J. Deutsche Syntax. Ein Arbeitsbuch. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 2009.
  • ŠTÍCHA, F. Česko-německá srovnávací gramatika. Praha: Argo, 2003.
  • WELKE, K. Einführung in die Satzanalyse. Die Bestimmmung der Satzglieder im Deutschen. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2007.
  • WELLMANN, H. Deutsche Grammatik: Laut - Wort - Satz - Text. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2007.
  • WERNER, A. Deutsche Syntax im Sprachvergleich: Grundlegung einer typologischen Syntax des Deutschen. Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 2005.


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