Course: Syntax I

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Course title Syntax I
Course code URO/0SS1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Spanish
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)
  • Šmídová Markéta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Syntactic functions in simple sentences. 2.-3. Compound sentences: definition of the concept, main relationships (coordinate, subordinate). Different approaches in Spanish and Czech traditions. 4. Relationships in coordinate sentences: conjunctive, adversative, disjunctive, distributive, and explicative. 5. Noun clauses: subject and object subordinate clauses. Use of tenses and moods. 6.-7. Adjective clauses: relative and attributive subordinate clauses. Use of tenses and moods. 8.-9. Adverb clauses of place, time, manner, and comparison. Use of tenses and moods. 10.-11. Adverb clauses of reason, purpose, and result/consequence. Use of tenses and moods. 12. Adverb clauses of condition. Use of tenses and moods. 13. Adverb clauses of concession. Use of tenses and moods.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Blended learning
Learning outcomes
The course builds on previous knowledge of morphology. It provides a comprehensive overview of interpropositional syntax at both the theoretical and practical levels. Emphasis is placed on classifying relationships in coordinate clauses, types of subordinate clauses, and the use of verb tenses and moods. It includes a contrastive view of the classification of interpropositional relationships and the use of verb tenses and moods in Spanish and Czech.
Students will distinguish basic and more complex relationships between sentence constituents or clauses, identify them in authentic language material, and be able to use them actively. - The student forms grammatically correct sentences using appropriate conjunctions and verb forms. - The student names and explains syntactic functions at the level of simple sentences and compound sentences. - The student names and explains types of coordinate and subordinate clauses on authentic language material. - The student describes the differences between intersentential relationships in Spanish and Czech.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Spanish morphosyntax corresponding to a bachelor's degree in Spanish philology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam, Interim evaluation

1. Mandatory attendance at seminars (3 absences allowed). 2. Active participation in class and regular completion of assignments. 3. Successful completion of the final exam ("zápočet"): syntactic analysis of a text and oral interview on it.
Recommended literature
  • Alarcos Llorach, Emilio. Gramática de la lengua espaňola. 4. reimp. Madrid : Espasa Calpe: Espasa Calpe, 2002. ISBN 84-239-7922-9.
  • Bosque, Ignacio; Demonte, Violeta. Gramática descriptiva de la lengua espa?ola. 2, Las construcciones sintácticas fundamentales. Relaciones temporales, apsectuales y modales. 3. reimpr. Madrid : Espasa-Calpe: Espasa-Calpe, 2000. ISBN 84-239-7919-9.
  • Bosque, Ignacio; Demonte, Violeta,; Lázaro Carreter, Fernando. Gramática descriptiva de la lengua espaňola. 1, Sintaxis básica de las clases de palabras. 3. reimpr. Madrid : Espasa-Calpe: Espasa-Calpe, 2000. ISBN 84-239-7918-0.
  • Bosque, Ignacio. Las categorías gramaticales : relaciones y diferencias. Segunda edición. Madrid: Editorial Sintesis, 2015. ISBN 978-84-9077-082-5.
  • Daneš, František. Mluvnice češtiny : vysokošk. učebnice pro stud. filozof. a pedagog. fakult aprobace čes. jazyk. [Díl] 3, Skladba. 1. vyd. Praha : Academia: Academia, 1987.
  • García Santos, Juan Felipe. Sintaxis del espa?ol : nivel de perfeccionamiento. 1. ed. Madrid : Santillana: Santillana, 1993. ISBN 84-294-3495-X.
  • Gili Gaya, Samuel. Curso superior de sintaxis espa?ola. Barcelona: Bibliograf, 1994. ISBN 9788471533067.
  • Gómez Torrego, Leonardo. Gramática didáctica del espa?ol. 8. ed. Madrid : Editiones SM: Editiones SM, 2002. ISBN 84-348-8587-5.
  • Zavadil, Bohumil; Čermák, Petr. Mluvnice současné španělštiny : lingvisticky interpretační přístup. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1641-4.
  • Zavadil, Bohumil; Čermák, Petr. Sintaxis del espa?ol actual. Praha : Karolinum: Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 978-80-246-1142-6.


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