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Lecturer(s)
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Stašková Naděžda, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Petrlíková Jarmila, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Individual levels of linguistic analysis 2. Structure of the English sentence: simple sentence: sentence elements; sentence formation containing 2 and more clauses (paratactic and hypotactic relations) 3. Morphological and syntactic features: nominal phrase, finite verb phrase, nonfinite verb phrase, syntactic nouns: gerund, infinitive, syntactic adjectives: present and past participle 4. English counterparts of Czech nonfinite (verbal) sentences 5. Non-sentential formations in English, various types of English sentences - counterparts of Czech nonfinite sentences 6. Cohesion in English: the notion of cohesion and coherence, means of cohesion in English (pro-form, substitution and elipsis) 7. FSP: means of functional sentence perspective in English, function of word-order on individual levels of the English language system 8. Sound of English: IPA transcription; classification of sounds from the point of view of place and manner of articulation, and voicing; weak forms of function words; aspects of connected speech (linking, assimilation, elision); intonation 9. Lexical meaning and its components (concept, connotation, collocation); definition of lexical meaning, paronyms 10. Stylistics of written language (punctuation, coordination, condensation, coherence)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Cooperative instruction, Discussion, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Textual studies, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 44 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 15 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| - describe and explain basic phenomena of English phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology and stylistics |
| Skills |
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| - use actively and fluently the IPA transcription |
| - in a text or spoken discourse, identify phenomena within the area of English phonetics and phonology (segments and suprasegmentals), lexicology (components of lexical meaning, semantic relations in the lexicon, word-formation) and stylistics (language means used in terms of various functional styles and regional and social varieties) |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - realise characteristic features of English as an analytic language on individual levels of the language system |
| - realise the nominal tendencies of English, which are reflected in the structure of English sentence |
| - define correctly the grammatical and lexical meaning of words and multi-word expressions |
| - perceive the language from the point of view of function and structure as a unified system of mutually tightly connected levels of language phenomena which serve for communication |
| - describe and explain the formal principles of English written text (punctuation, coordination, condensation and cohesion) |
| Skills |
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| - analyse complex syntactic formations from the point of view of individual levels of linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, stylistics) |
| - use correctly the language means of written discourse (punctuation, coordination, condensation and cohesion) |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Skills demonstration |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Cruse Alan. Meaning in Language, An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxfoird, 2004.
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Dušková Libuše. Morfologie současné angličtiny: sbírka příkladů a textů k syntaktickému rozboru. Praha, Karolinum, 2000.
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Greenbaum, S., Quirk, R. A student's Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 1995.
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Lyons, J. Linguistic Semantics, An Introduction. Cambridge, 2005.
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MacPherson, R. Základy anglické stylistiky. Praha: Academia, 1997.
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Peprník Jaroslav. English Lexicology. Olomouc, 2003.
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Roach Peter. English Phonetics and Phonology. 2009.
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Russell S. Grammar, Structure and Style.. Oxford, 1993.
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