Syllabus
1. Sentence types and discourse functions.
2. Verb valency, clause patterns. Identifying clause elements and their realization forms (phrases). Constitutive / non-constitutive clause elements. Obligatory / Optional clause elements (including modifiers and apposition). Multiple clause elements.
3. Semantic roles of clause elements (the subject, object, complements).
4. The adverbial – integration in the sentence structure, realization forms, semantic roles.
5. Negation. Complex analysis of the sentence.
6. Complex and compound sentence. Typology of dependent clauses. Nominal content clauses.
7. Relative clauses. Adverbial clauses.
8. Complex condensation. The infinitive, gerund, participle.
9. Complex analysis of the multiple sentence.
10. Word order – grammatical, semantic, FSP (and other) principles.
11. Functional sentence perspective.
Annotation
Syntax follows up the courses of Morphology and Lexicology. It introduces the students to the functional approach to present-day English syntax against the background of the syntactic system of Czech. The lecture focuses on the theoretical description of English syntax; the seminars practice and deepen the students’ command of the phenomena dealt with in the lecture. The course comprises a lecture and two seminars. Students are required to attend one short (45 minutes) and one long (90 minutes) seminar simultaneously. Topics:
1. Sentence types and discourse functions.
2. Verb valency, clause patterns. Identifying clause elements and their realization forms (phrases). Constitutive / non-constitutive clause elements. Obligatory / Optional clause elements (including modifiers and apposition). Multiple clause elements.
3. Semantic roles of clause elements (the subject, object, complements).
4. The adverbial – integration in the sentence structure, realization forms, semantic roles.
5. Negation.
6. Complex and compound sentence. Typology of dependent clauses. Nominal content clauses. Relative clauses. Adverbial clauses.
7. Complex condensation. The infinitive, gerund, participle.
8. The multiple (complex-compound) sentence.
9. Word order – grammatical, semantic, FSP (and other) principles.
10. Functional sentence perspective.