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Course: Syntax II

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Course title Syntax II
Course code UAG/7SY2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Malá Ederová Markéta, Dr. phil.
Course content
1. Sentence equivalents (Partizipialsatz) 2. Sentence equivalents (Infinitivsatz) 3. Subordinate clauses as a developed expression of sentence members (complements, supplements) 4. Attribute and different types of adjective clauses (Attributsatz) 5. Attribute (Partizipialattribut) and relative clauses (Relativsatz) 6. Active and passive - conversion, semantic roles 7. Means of language compression 8. Nominalization and verbalization 9. Means of expressing negation, multiple negation 10. Gerundive 11. Indirect speech, Subjunctive I 12. Modal verbs in the sense of subjective expression 13. Word order, sentence frame, Ausklammerung 14. Summary

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Individual preparation for exam
Learning outcomes
The seminar will focus on selected issues of German syntax according to the needs of students, such as practicing sentences (mostly inferior) and complex structures. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the German language as inflected analytical type and the comparison of Czech and German syntactic system.
Students can work on the basis of the practiced issues parts with more complex structures in the written and oral manifestations.
Prerequisites
The course assumes a basic overview and a good knowledge of the German language (B1).

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of student's language skills, Test

Attendance 70%, final test, performance of continuously given tasks. The subject will be taught in the German language.
Recommended literature
  • Duden in zehn Bänden. Die Grammatik (Bd.4). Mannheim, Wien, Zürich: Dudenverlag, 2008.
  • Duden in zehn Bänden. Die Grammatik (Bd.4).. Mannheim, Wien, Zürich: Dudenverlag, 2008.
  • řada deutsch üben, díl 3-8. Ismaning: Verlag für Deutsch, 1999.
  • Berman, J., Pittner, K. Deutsche Syntax. Ein Arbeitsbuch. Tübingen: Narr, 2006.
  • BERMAN, J., PITTNER, K. Deutsche Syntax. Ein Arbeitsbuch. Tübingen: Narr, 2006.
  • BUSCHA, A., SZITA S., RAVEN, S. Übungsgrammatik Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Sprachniveau B1-B2.. Leipzig: Schubert Verlag, 2011.
  • BUSCHA, A.,RAVEN, S. Erkundungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch. Sprachniveau B2. Leipzig: Schubert Verlag, 2008.
  • BUSCHA, J., HELBIG, G. Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. München: Langenscheidt, 2006.
  • DINSEL, S., GEIGER, S. Großes Übungsbuch Deutsch ? Grammatik. A2 ? B2. Ismaning: Hueber, 2012.
  • DÜRSCHEID, CH. Syntax, Grundlagen und Theorien, 4. Auflage. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007.
  • FANDRYCH, Ch. Klipp und Klar, Übungsgrammatik Mittelstufe B1/C1 DaF. Klett, 2012.
  • Hall, K., Scheiner, B. Übungsgrammatik für Fortgeschrittene. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 2002.
  • HELBIG, G., BUSCHA, J. Leitfaden der deutschen Grammatik. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2001.
  • POLENZ, P. von. Deutsche Satzsemantik. Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-Den-Zeilen-Lesens. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2008.
  • Ramers, K.- H. Einführung in die Syntax. Stuttgart: Fink, 2007.
  • Štícha, F. Česko-německá srovnávací gramatika. Praha: Argo, 2003.
  • Wellmann, H.:. Deutsche Grammatik. Laut. Wort. Satz. Text. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2008.
  • WÖLLSTEIN-LEISTEN, A., HEILMANN, A., STEPAN, P., VIKER, S. Deutsche Satzstruktur, Grundlagen der syntaktischen Analyse. Stauffenberg, 2006.
  • Zielinski W.-D. ABC der deutschen Nebensätze. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 1991.


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