Course: Italian Syntax 1

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Course title Italian Syntax 1
Course code KRI/SYNT1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Italian
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klimová Katarína, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kováčová Lenka, Mgr.
  • Bianco Francesco, Ph.D.
Course content
The lecture introduces to the contemporary Italian syntax and the relevant terminology. 1. Syntax (definition, bibliography, syntax of the clause and of the phrase) 2. Clause (definition, clause classification, syntagma) 3. Subject (definition, types of Subject, grammatical and logical Subject) 4. Predicate (definition, types of Predicate, examples) 5. Clause constituents (general characteristic, classification, examples) 6. Substantive and adjective syntagmas (classification, examples) 7. Verb, adverbial and prepositional syntagmas (classification, examples)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To acquaint students with the structure of simple sentences in contemporary Italian.
Student is able to communicate in the most common Italian.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Analysis of linguistic, Systematic Observation of Student

Active participation in seminars, preparation for every lesson. Passing the written test.
Recommended literature
  • Giorgio Graffi. (1994). Sintassi. Mulino, Bologna.
  • Lorenzo Renzi (ed.). (1993). Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione. Vol. 1, La frase ; I sintagmi nominale e preposizionale. Mulino, Bologna.
  • Lorenzo Renzi, Giampaolo Salvi, Anna Cardinaletti (ed.). (1995). Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione. Vol.3, Tipi di frase, deissi, formazione delle parole. Mulino, Bologna.
  • Lorenzo Renzi, Giampaolo Salvi (ed.). (1992). Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione. Vol. 2, I sintagmi verbale, aggettivale, avverbiale. La subordinazione. Mulino, Bologna.
  • Luca Serianni. (1989). Grammatica italiana. UTET Libreria, Torino .
  • M. Fogarasi. (1984). Grammatica italiana del Novecento. Roma.
  • Zuzana Wotkeová. (2005). Elementi di morfosintassi italiana. CERM, Brno.


Study plans that include the course
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