Course: Spanish Syntax

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Course title Spanish Syntax
Course code KRS/SYSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zajícová Lenka, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic syntactic terms (sentence, statement, syntagma (phrase), paradigm, function, sentence patterns). Basic theoretical approaches to syntax. 2. Simple sentence syntax. Clauses and their types. Sentence modality. 3. Subject and its types. 4. Predication and its types. Verb and noun predicate. 5. Parts of nominal phrase 6. Parts of verbal phrase (direct object, indirect object, prepositional (oblique) object, complement, adverbial complement). 7. Semi-predicate clause. 8. Basic syntactic relations (predication, adordination, coordination, parallel and successive determination; subordination). 9. Sentence and its classification. 10. Subordinate clause and its types. 11. Coordinate sentences and their types. 12. Discursive particles. 13. Functional sentence perspective.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 65 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 60 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on basic syntactic concepts and the simple and compound sentence structures with an emphasis on the peculiarities of sentence structure in Spanish. Seminars are devoted to more difficult phenomena and syntactic analysis.

Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam, Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student

Written exam with a theoretical and a practical part, active participation in seminars, preparation for the seminar (reading scholarly texts in Spanish, syntactic analysis).
Recommended literature


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): Spanish Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter