Course: Syntax II

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Course title Syntax II
Course code URO/0SF2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction French
Status of course Compulsory
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)
  • Pešek Ondřej, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Modality of phrase. 2. Compound sentences. 3. Subordination and coordination. 4. Functional sentence perspective.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of the course is to present to the students the basis of the syntax of compound sentences of the French language from theoretical and practical perspective, confrontation of different approaches to syntactic descriptions. The relation between clauses will be analyzed also from the pragmatic point of view. Practice of syntactic phenomena. Comparison of Czech and French syntactic structures. Students will also learn to exploit electronic corpora (Frantext, InterCorp, FrWac).
Students will understand the relations within complex sentences and apply them in analysis. Součástí aktivit v semináři bude i práce s elektronickými korpusy (Frantext, InterCorp, FrWac).
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Regulary assistance, final written and oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • BÉCHADE, H.-D. (1993). Syntaxe du français moderne et contemporaine, Paris, PUF..
  • GREPL, M.- KARLÍK, P. (1998). Skladba češtiny, Olomouc, Votobia..
  • GREVISSE, M. (1991). Le bon usage, Paris, Duculot..
  • HAJIČOVÁ, E.- PANEVOVÁ, J. - SGALL, P. (2003). Úvod do teoretické a počítačové lingvistiky. I. Teoretické lingvistika. Praha, Karolinum..
  • LE GOFFIC, P.(1994). Grammaire de la phrase française, Paris, Hachette..
  • PALEK, B. (1989). Základy obecné jazykovědy, Praha, SPN..
  • RIEGEL, M. - PELLAT, J.-C. - RIOUL, R. (2004). Grammaire méthodique du français, Paris, Quadrige..
  • ŠABRŠULA, J. (1974). Základy francouzské skladby, Praha, SPN..
  • TESNIÉRE, L. (1976). Eléments de syntaxe structurale. Paris, Klincksieck..
  • WEINRICH, H. (1990). Grammaire textuelle du français, Paris, Didier-Hatier..
  • WILMET, M. (1998). Grammaire critique du français, Paris, Hachette..


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