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Course: Morphosyntax II

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Course title Morphosyntax II
Course code URO/7MSF2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, 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)
  • Venušová Alena, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1-2. Nouns and their basic morphological, semantic, and syntactic characteristics. Plural of compound nouns, proper nouns, and feminine forms. 3. Adjectives and their basic morphological and semantic characteristics. The main syntactic functions of adjectives. Gender and number. 4-5. Determiners. Forms of determiners and their functions. Position of determiners in a sentence. Absence of a determiner. 6. Articles (definite, indefinite, partitive). Countability and uncountability. 7. Other determiners (numeral, possessive, demonstrative, relative, interrogative, indefinite). 8. Systematic comparison of French and Czech, translations. 9. Pronouns. Forms of pronouns and their functions, position in a sentence. 10. Personal pronouns, pronominal adverbs, position in a sentence (inversion, imperative), permitted and prohibited combinations. 11. Possessive and demonstrative pronouns. 12. Relative, interrogative, indefinite, and numeral pronouns. 13. Verb constructions. Syntactic functions of inflected parts of speech.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide a systematic survey of French grammar system, with the focus on inflectional morphology (formation of correct forms and their use) and basic syntactic rules.
- The student identifies the grammatical categories of all inflected forms. - The student correctly forms the appropriate forms. - The student chooses the correct form of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns in a given context and provides a proper justification for their choice. - The student identifies and explains the differences in the use of nouns between Czech and French based on given examples.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Regular attendance at seminars (no more that 3 absences). Active participation in seminars. Home study. Completing two written examinations (67 %).
Recommended literature
  • Arrivé, Michel; Blanche-Benveniste, Claire; Chevalier, Jean-Claude; Peytard, Jean. Grammaire du francais contemporain. Paris. 2002.
  • Arrivé, Michel; Gadet, Françoise,; Galmiche, Michel. La Grammaire d'aujourd'hui : guide alphabétique de linquistique française. Paris : Flammarion: Flammarion, 1986. ISBN 2-08-112003-8.
  • Beaujeu, Claude-Marie, et al. Grammaire cours de civilisation française de la Sorbonne: 350 exercices niveau supérieur II. Paris: Hachette F.L.E, 2011.
  • Boulares, Michele; Frérot, Jean-Louis. Grammaire progressive du francais avec 400 exercises: niveau avancé. Paris: Clé International, 2025.
  • Cadiot-Cueilleron, Jeanne, et al. Grammaire : cours de civilisation francaise de la Sorbonne : 350 exercices : niveau supérieur I. Paris: Hachette, 2014.
  • Delatour, Yvonne. Grammaire du Français : cours de civilisation française de la Sorbone. Vanves : Hachette: Hachette, 1991. ISBN 2-01-015601-3.
  • Delatour, Yvonne; Jennepin, Dominique; Léon-Dufour, Maylis; Teyssier, Brigitte. Nouvelle grammaire du francaise : cours de civilisation francaise de la Sorbonne. Paris. 2016.
  • Grégoire, Maia; Kostucki, Alina. Grammaire progressive du francais : B2-C2 : perfectionnement : avec 600 exercices. Paris: Clé International, 2019.
  • Grevisse, Maurice; Goosse, André. Le bon usage : grammaire française : Grevisse langue française. 14e éd. Bruxelles : De Boeck & Larcier: De Boeck & Larcier, 2008. ISBN 978-2-8011-1404-9.
  • Grevisse, Maurice; Goosse, André. Nouvelle grammaire francaise. Bruxelles: De Boeck, 2011.
  • Hendrich, Josef; Radina, Otomar,; Tláskal, Jaromír. Francouzská mluvnice. 3., přepracované vydání, 1. vydání v nakladatelstv. Plzeň: Nakladatelství Fraus, 2001. ISBN 80-7238-064-8.
  • Chevalier, Jean-Claude. Grammaire Larousse du français contemporain. 1ere éd. Paris: Larousse, 1964.
  • Laurent, Nicolas; Delaunay, Bénédicte; Livet, Delphine. Bescherelle: la conjugaison pour tous. Paris: Hatier, 2019.
  • Riegel, Martin; Pellat, Jean-Christophe; Rioul, René. Grammaire méthodique du français. Septi?me édition. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2018. ISBN 978-2-13-080060-6.
  • Taišlová, Jitka. Mluvnice francouzštiny = Grammaire du français. Vydání první. Praha : Leda: Leda, 2002. ISBN 80-7335-004-1.
  • Wilmet, Marc. Grammaire critique du français. 2. éd. Paris : De Boeck & Larcier: De Boeck & Larcier, 1998. ISBN 2-8011-1206-2.
  • Zettlová, Markéta; Baudinet, Marc. Cvičebnice francouzské gramatiky. Praha: Polyglot, 2007. ISBN 80-86195-28-7.


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 21.05.2026 23:50. Data created for academic year 2026/2027