UCJANK10 Overview of English Grammar 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/12/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Markéta Johnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Heisig, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Markéta Johnová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(N)
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
This course is intented for the students who need to solidify their knowledge of the system of the English phonetics and phonology, as well as lexicology.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic categories, speech organs, RP, IPA
    2. Short vowels, long vowels, diphtongs, triphtongs
    3. Plosives, fricatives and affricates, nasals and consonant clusters
    4. Stress, weak forms, rhythm
    5. Assimilaton, linking, elision
    6. Lexicology and lexicography, basic semantic and lexicological categories
    7. Dictionaries and their classification, dictionary entry
    8. Development of the English wordstock
    9. Word formation, compounding
    10. Prefix and suffix derivation, conversion
    11. Acronyms, abbreviations, clipping, blends
    12. Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Howard Jackson. Words, Meaning and Vocabulary 2nd Edition: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology. Continuum, 2007. info
  • Pavel Kolář. A Guide to English Lexicon. Opava, 2006. info
  • Peter Roach. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge, 2000. 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 oral exam testing the students' knowledge of the subject matter of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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