FPF:UCJAAFK1 English Phraseology - Course Information

UCJAAFK1 English Phraseology

Extent and Intensity

0/11/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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

• English (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)

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

• 1. Basic issues and viewpoints
  2. Traditional typology of multi-word expressions
  3. Forming idioms
  4. Form and structure: stability and variability
  5. Semantic cheracteristics
  6. Semantic and formal relations among idioms
  7. Function and usage of idioms
  8. Geographical variants: 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

Literature

recommended literature
• 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 (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

A text analysis exercise with the focus on English phraseology.
Written examination testing the students` knowledge of the theory.

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