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Lecturer(s)
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Faltýnek Dan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1.-12. Each class will have a list of required readings, mostly two scholarly articles related to a concrete grammatical phenomenon, which will determine the topic of the class. Texts and topics will be selected by students based on their interest and discussions in individual classes - based on topics considered interesting for discussion in future classes, texts will be selected for each given week.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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In keeping with the name of the course, the focus will be given to a set of grammatical phenomena that have been for a very long time seen, perceived, interpreted and explained in widely different and often contradictory ways. Among the topic covered will be: do or do not prepositions have valency; are or are not prefixes morphemes that signify aspect; does or does not have present day Czech short accusative form "se"; are or are not male gender nouns unmarked. Before each class, students will be asked to read critically (mostly) two text with opposing points of view. Based on this reading, authors of the texts will be introduced in class, along with their linguistic preoccupations and their most significant works. The individual texts will then be investigated in detail, as will be the argumentation contained within. The instructor will pose questions so as to have students acquire the greatest possible extent of orientation in text interpretation and have them uncover its potential weaknesses. Each class should then discuss possibilities of looking at concrete grammatical categories, with the analysed texts demonstrating concrete, better or worse, options of approaching grammatical description, as well as appropriate argumentation supporting their application. The instructor will demonstrate issues by using concrete and illustrative examples of the language phenomena discussed, explaining everything gradually and with use of widely accepted terminology, and pointing out related grammatical topics.
Ability of critical analysis of problems of contemporary grammar theory, ability of argumentation in favour or against concrete solutions
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Dialog
(1) Regular preparation / required reading (2) Oral examination
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Recommended literature
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