Course: Word Formation

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Course title Word Formation
Course code KBO/4020
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
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)
  • Mitter Patrik, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Term word, designation. Vocabulary and its parts. 2) Basic terms from the word formation area. Morphological and onomasiological word formation. 3) Word formation manners and processes. Word formation resources. 4) Derivation of nouns within mutational category. 5) Derivation of nouns within transposition and modification category. 6) Adjectival derivation. 7) Adverbial derivation. 8) Verbal derivation. 9) Substantial composition. 10) Adjectival, adverbial and verbal composition. 11) Abbreviation and its place in the system of word formation in Czech language. 12) Creation of other (extensional and synsemantic) word classes. 13) Actual developing tendencies in the Czech morphological system. 14) Final seminar, evaluation of teaching.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Student gains a set of required knowledge and skills, which can exploit in teaching Czech language on every grade in school. The course includes science of word formation, which is morphology. Student will recognize word formation mode and processes and also morphological resources which are used in Czech language. Student also gains complex view on present day system of word formation in Czech language considering of an actual developing tendencies.
Students know terminology of word formation, orientate in the current Czech word formation system, know word formation manners and processes applied in the Czech language, work with interpretational vocabularies of the Czech language, can apply theoretical knowledge of word formation in their individual speech activity, can apply theoretical knowledge of word formation in the practice of teaching the Czech language.
Prerequisites
knowledge of the field on the level of GCSE exam knowledge of disciplines connected to the central domain of study knowledge of appropriate terminology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
attendance activity presentation test
Recommended literature
  • Čechová, M. a kol. Čeština - řeč a jazyk. Praha: SPN, 2011.
  • Filipec, J. - Čermák, Fr. Česká lexikologie. Praha: Academia, 1986.
  • Hauser, P. Nauka o slovní zásobě. Praha: SPN, 1980.
  • Kol. Mluvnice češtiny (1). Praha: Academia, 1986.
  • Kol. Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Praha: NLN, 1995.
  • Martincová, O. Problematika neologismů v současné češtině. Praha: Karolinum, 1983.
  • Mitter, P. Kompozice v kontextu současné češtiny. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2006.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter