UCJAAFR1 English Phraseology

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. René Kron, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is a practically oriented one with a theoretical fundamentals focused on the description of the basic principles of English idioms.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of the lectures:
    1. Basic issues and viewpoints
    2. Traditional typology of multi-word expressions
    3. Forming idioms
    4. Form and structure: stability and variability
    5. Semantic characteristics
    6. Semantic and formal relations among idioms
    7. Function and usage of idioms
    8. Geographical varieties: British and American usage
    9. English and Czech idiomacy: Contrastive approach
    10. English and Czech idiomacy: Translatological approach
    11. Stylistic limitations
    12. Issues connected with Dictionaries of Idioms
    Syllabus of the seminars:
    1. General classification approach: Phrasal verbs, collocations, multi-word expressions, proverbs and idioms
    2. Traditional typology
    3. Origin and forming of idoms
    4. Characteristic features and categorization
    5. Semantic and formal relations
    6. Function and usage. Mid-term test
    7. Geographical and other varieties
    8. English idioms - contrastive approach
    9. English idioms - translatological approach
    10. Woking with Dictionaries of Idioms
    11. Working with text: parallel texts
    12. Testing
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Kavka, S. A Book on Idiomatology. info
  • Kvetko, P. An Outline of English Phraseology. info
  • Kvetko, P. Frequency of English Idioms, In: Philologica XII. info
  • Kvetko, P. On Some Problems of Confrontation of English and Slovak Idioms. In: Philologica XIII. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Text analysis
Written test
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