Course: Czech - German comparative syntax

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Course title Czech - German comparative syntax
Course code KGER/0842
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lachout Martin, doc. PhDr. MBA, Ph.D.
Course content
1. The word-order of the German and Czech clause, grammatical and functional word-order, the sentence pattern; 2. The complex sentences, the complex clause determination and coordination, differences in both the languages; 3. The complex clause coordination, kinds of relations subject and object sentences, correlatives with subject and object sentence; 4. Local clauses; 5. Temporal Clauses, expressing temporality in both the languages, consecutio temporum; 6. Modal(ity) Sentences, expressing modality in both the languages, conjunctions; 7. Causal Clauses in the narrow sense of the word- determination of the underlying cause, expressing causality in both the languages; 8. Final Clauses, expressing finality in both the languages, final infinitive structure in both the languages; 9. Consecutive clauses, expressing consecutive relations in both the languages, the real and irreal effect; 10. Concessive Clauses, expressing concessivity in both the languages, concessive clauses in ante-position and post-position, the real and the hypothetic relation; 11. Conditional Clauses, expressing the condition in both the languages 12. Attestation

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course called "German-Czech Comparative Syntax" is to get the learners acquainted with parallels, in particular with differences in the structure of the Czech and the German clause. The content of the course are predominantly Adverbial Clauses, in which Czech students most frequently make the mistakes caused by inter-language interference. With its content the course continues to develop the learners´ knowledge acquired in Syntax of the Current German Language in the Bachelor study programme.
After completing the course the students will be able to get a contrastive view of the German and Czech syntax, they will be able to be aware of Czech-German interference and prevent its occurrence.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in seminars (at least 70%), the fulfilment of continuously assigned tasks, elaboration of one seminar paper or successful mastering the planned credit test.
Recommended literature
  • Dürscheid, Ch. Syntax. Grundlagen und Theorien.. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht, 2005. ISBN 978-3- 52526- 515.
  • Engel, U. Deutsche Grammatik. Neubearbeitung.. München: Iudicium, 2009.
  • Eroms, H. W. Syntax der deutschen Sprache.. Berlin ? New Yourk: de Gruyter, 2000. ISBN 3-11-015666-0.
  • Grepl, M./Karlík, P. Skladba češtiny.. Olomouc: Votobia., 1998.
  • Helbig, G./Buscha, J. Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für Ausländerunterricht.. München: Langenscheidt Verlag., 2008.
  • Karlík, P. et al. Příruční mluvnice češtiny.. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny., 1995.
  • Kolektiv autorů. DUDEN ? Band 4. Die Grammatik. Mannheim: Duden-Verlag., 2009.
  • Povejšil, J. Mluvnice současné němčiny.. Praha: Academia., 2002.
  • Štícha, F. Česko-německá srovnávací gramatika.. Praha: Argo., 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology in the Czech-German Intercultural Context (A12) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter