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Lecturer(s)
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Bednaříková Božena, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course in Construction Grammar shows a cognitively and functionally oriented framework in which syntactic representations are understood as conventionalized associations between form and function. Focus will be on the analytic methods and on articulating generalizations about speakers linguistic knowledge. It will also examine the ways in which variation in grammatical form can be systematically captured and explained. Using material from English, Czech, and from various less familiar languages, it will explore what typologically different grammars share and in what sense the constructional approach can serve as a universal model of language. Functional-cognitive vs. formal theories of grammar Arguments for Construction Grammar Basic concepts and terminology Nominal constructions Valence constructions Phrasal syntax (phrases, clauses, sentences) Constructional maps Diachronic analysis in Construction Grammar
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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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The aim of the seminar is to introduce the basic concepts and principles of constructional analysis using material from different languages.
After completing the course the student will get oriented in relations of constructional grammar to other orientations of linguistics, will handle structural analytical methods and the analysis of the syntactic relations, and will be able to formulate structural generalizations.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of basic linguistic terminology, basic orientation in different directions of linguistic description.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Student performance, Seminar Work
Essay on a given topic.
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Recommended literature
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Fillmore, Ch., and Sue Atkins. (1994). Starting where the dictionaries stop.
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Fillmore, Charles. (1982). Frame Semantics. In: Linguistics in the Morning Calm, Seoul, Hanshin Publishing Co., 111-137. Reprinted in In Cognitive Linguistics: Basic readings.. Berlin.
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Grygiel, M., Janda, L.A. (2011). Slavic linguistics in a cognitive framework. Frankfurt am Main.
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ÖSTMAN, O. & M. FRIED (eds.). (2004). Construction Grammar in a cross-language perspective. Amsterdam.
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ÖSTMAN, O. & M. FRIED (eds.). (2005). Construction Grammars: cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions. Amsterdam.
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