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Course title Morphology I
Course code KAA/BMFA1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
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)
  • Huschová Petra, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Blažková Markéta, Mgr. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to the field, basic morphological terms, classification of morphemes. Word classes, grammatical categories of English nouns. Morphological characteristics of English and Czech. Concept of phrases. Lexical morphology and word-formation processes. Nouns: case and gender. Nouns: number and countability. Nouns: determination, classification and position of determiners. Nouns: determination, types of reference, usage of articles. Pronouns: properties and classification. Adjectives: classification, gradation and position. Adverbs: formation, semantic and functional classification. Prepositions and conjunctions: form and function.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 34 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 12 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 32 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The main objective of the course is to acquire a competence to employ a wide range of English grammatical structures appropriately depending on the context. All relevant grammatical categories are studied in detail and the course also focuses on contrasting English and Czech morphological systems.
Students will gain knowledge in the field of English word classes, their classification, forms and functions. They will be able to assess mutual influence of individual grammatical phenomena, their role within a phrase and the change of their function depending on the context.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

- active participation in seminars - reading assigned texts before seminars, handouts available in LMS Moodle - written assignment: text analysis focusing on noun phrases - final written test
Recommended literature
  • Biber, D., Conrad, S., Leech, G. Longman student grammar of spoken and written English.. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2006.
  • BIBER, D., JOHANSSON, S., LEECH, G., CONRAD, S., FINEGAN, E. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman, 1999.
  • Downing, A., Locke, P. English Grammar: A University Course. Oxon: Routledge, 2006.
  • Dušková, L., A. Klégr, M. Malá a P. Šaldová. Morfologie současné angličtiny (sbírka cvičení, příkladů a textů k morfologickému rozboru). Praha: Karolinum, 2003.
  • Dušková, Libuše a kol. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha: Academia, 1994.
  • Eppler, E., Ozon G. English Words and Sentences: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • Huddleston, R., Pullum, G. K. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Chalker S. A Student's English Grammar Workbook. London: Longman, 2000.
  • Leech, G. A Glossary of English Grammar. Edinburgh, 2007.
  • Lieber, R. English Nouns: The Ecology of Nominalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
  • Lobeck, A. Discovering Grammar (An Introduction to English Sentence Structure). Oxford: OUP, 2000.
  • Nelson, G., Greenbaum S. An Introduction to English Grammar. London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
  • QUIRK, R. et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. . Harlow: Longman, 1985.
  • Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. A Student's Grammar of English. London: Longman, 1990.
  • Rijkhoff, J. The Noun Phrase. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 15.03.2026 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026