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 1
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. Subordinate sentences: clasification, different conception of complex sentences in Czech and Spanish linguistic tradition. 2. Complex sentences: subordinated and coordinated, principal and subordinated clauses. 3. Relation among sentences. 4. Subordinated sentences, use of tenses and moods. 5. Subject and object subordinated sentences. 6. Relative and atributive sentences. 7. Adverbial local and temporal clauses. 8. Adverbial clauses: modal, final, causal, conditional, concesive, consecutive, comparative.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to deepen the knowledge in the field of syntax, both in theoretical and practical aspects. The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the bachelor's study, focuses on aspects of interpropositional syntax, especially of the contrastive aspect.
Students will understand the relations among sentence constituents and evaluate the possibilities of the different theories of syntax description, and apply them in analysis.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Spanish syntax, corresponding to the Bachelor study of a philological study program.

Assessment methods and criteria
Test, Seminar work, Interim evaluation

The following requirements must be met to successfully complete the course: - Regular attendance (tolerated 3 absences); - 4 tasks (specification in Moodle ); - reading (specifications in Moodle); - final written exam.
Recommended literature
  • ALARCOS LLORACH, Emilio (2004). Gramática de la lengua espanola. Madrid, Espasa-Calpe..
  • BÁEZ, Valerio - DUBSKÝ, Josef - KRÁLOVÁ, Jana (1999). Moderní gramatika španělštiny. Plzeň, Fraus..
  • BOSQUE, Ignacio- DEMONTE, Violeta (2000). Gramática descriptiva de la lengua espanola. Tomo 2. Madrid, Espasa-Calpe..
  • GARCÍA SANTOS, Juan Felipe (1994). Sintaxis del espanol, nivel de perfeccionamiento. Madrid, Santillana..
  • GILI GAYA, Samuel (1989). Curso superior de sintaxis espanola. Barcelona..
  • GÓMEZ TORREGO, Leonardo (2002). Gramática didáctica de la lengua espanola. Madrid, Ediciones SM..
  • SPITZOVÁ, Eva (1994). Sintaxis de la lengua espanola. Brno, Masarykova univerzita..
  • Zavadil, Bohumil - Čermák, Petr. Mluvnice současné španělštiny.. Praha, Karolinum, 2010.
  • Zavadil, Bohumil - Čermák, Petr. Sintaxis del espaňol actual.. Praha, Karolinum, 2010.


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