UCJAGRA2 Grammar 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/9/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Kučerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Markéta Johnová, Ph.D.
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 aim of this course is for the students to acquire the systematic as well as practical knowledge of English sytax. Emphasis is on their understanding of syntactic terminology and their ability to apply their knowledge when syntactically analyzing English sentences and texts. The course provides an overview of Irish poetry and culture, from the French Revolution until contemporary times. It focuses on the most influential movements and representatives of Irish poetry.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to phrases and clauses
    2. Complex noun phrases I
    3. Complex noun phrases II
    4. Valency patterns
    5. The verb and the verb phrase
    6. Adjectives and adverbs
    7. The grammar of clause
    8. Independent clauses
    9. Dependent clauses
    10. Verb and adjective complement clauses
    11. Adverbials
    12. Word order choices

    1. Irish fairy-tales
    2. Mythology
    3. Poetry written in Irish
    4. Political speeches, nationalist writings
    5. Irish ballads
    6. Thomas Moore
    7. W.B. Yeats
    8. Patrick Kavanagh
    9. Louis MacNeice
    10. Seamus Heaney
    11. Ciaran Carson
    12. Paul Muldoon
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Carter, R. and M. McCarthy. Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge, 2006. info
  • Biber, D., S. Johanson, G. Leech, S. Conrad and E. Finegan. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman, 2002. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
An examination testing the students` knowledge of the subject matter of the course.




AIPK1 Anglo-Irish Poetry/Anglo-irská poezie
Regular attendance to the seminars, presentation/essay and a successful completion of a written test which would prove the students` ability to apply theoretical background upon texts.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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