Course: Contemporary German Language - Syntax

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Course title Contemporary German Language - Syntax
Course code KCJ/NJS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Matušková Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hudabiunigg Ingrid, prof.
Course content
Introduction to syntax. Sentence analysis and valence grammar. Sentence types. Sentence kinds. Position of sentence elements. Compound sentence. Compounding, general characteristics, kinds of compounding. Complex sentences. Kinds of subordinate clauses. Sentences with "that" conjunction and infinitive constructions. Relative clauses. Questions as subordinate clauses. Adverbial clauses of reason. Adverbial clauses of result. Adverbial clauses of concession. Modal clauses and comparative clauses. Conditional clauses. Temporal clauses. Adverbial clauses of place and purpose. Form of subordinate clauses with infinitive constructions. Position of sentence elements in subordinate clauses. Verbalisation, nominalisation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Projection
Learning outcomes
Students will be met with the rules of German syntax in writing and speaking with a regard to the contrastive aspects Czech - German. Students should gain detailed knowledge of the syntactic structure of German sentences.There will be expalined difference in understanding syntax in presented concept, simple sentences, parts of speech and their titling, kinds of sentences, complex sentences, German academic terminology are to be explained. The approach to syntax in presented concepts, problems of simple sentences, sentence elements and their names, kinds of sentences, complex sentences and German specialised terminology should be explained. Introductory lectures are followed by seminars, where independent work of the students is required.
Students will gain deeper and more specific knowledge in structure of German sentence and complex of sentences. They will acquire experience in work with academic texts, exercise grammar structures - simple sentence, sentence complex, translation. They will be able to create gramatically correct sentences including applying German word order rules.
Prerequisites
Successful pass in JNC2.
KCJ/NJM

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

80% active participation in seminars, presentation on a given topic (to be handed in also in the written form). Written test.
Recommended literature
  • DREYER-SCHMIDT. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. Verlag für Deutsch, 1996.
  • DUDEN. Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache.7. Hgg. von Günther Drosdowski u.a. Mannheim/Wien/Zürich, 2005.
  • ENGEL, U. Deutsche Grammatik. Heidelberg, 1991.
  • ENGEL, U. Syntax der deutschen Gegenwartssprache.
  • GOTZE, L. HESS-LUTTICH, E.W.B. Grammatik der deutschen Sprache. Sprachsystem und Sprachgebrauch. Lexikographisches Institut München, 1989.
  • HALL, K. SCHEINER, B. Übungsgrammatik für Fortgeschrittene. Verlag für Deutsch, 1995.
  • HELBIG, G.; BUSCHA, J. Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht.15 durchgelesene. Auflage Leipzig, 1993.
  • HELBIG, G.; BUSCHA, J. Übungsgrammatik Deutsch. Langenscheidt, 1991.
  • HELBIG, G.; SCHENKEL, W. Wörterbuch zur Valenz und Distribution deutscher Verben. Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen, 1991.
  • HELBIG, G. Valenz-Satzglieder-semantische Kasus- Satzmodelle. VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie. Leipzig, 1982.
  • RUG, W.; TOMASZEWSKI, A. Grammatik mit Sinn und Verstand. Klett Verlag, 1993.
  • SCHULZ, D.; GRIESBACH, H. Grammatik der deutschen Sprache. Max Hueber Verlag, 1992.
  • ZIELINSKI, W.D. ABC der deutschen Nebensätze. Max Hueber Verlag, 1991.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2016) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2014) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter