Jazykovědná část
(1) Levels of Language Representation and Their Basic Units.
(Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Lexicology, Semantics).
(1.1) Language
(1.1.1) Language Definition
- language = a basic means of human communication, a system of conventional signals used for...
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(2) The Basic Structural Units and Concepts Relevant in the Description on the Level of Sound.
(Phoneme, Allophone, Feature, Contrast, Complementary Distribution, Neutralisation of Contrast; Phonological Rules; Vowel and Consonant Inventories of English [RP, GA] and Czech)
(2.1) Phonetics and...
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(3) British RP Pronunciation and General American Pronunciation.
(The history of the Standard, Socio-economic Values, Links to Geographical Areas; the Main Phonetic and Phonological Characteristics of RP and GA [Differences in Phoneme Inventories, Occurrence of Phonemes in...
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(4) Reading a Text Transcribed in IPA.
(Issues Involved in Transcribing Speech; Narrow vs. Broad Transcription; Differences between Main Transcription Systems in Transcribing Vowels; the Variety of English Represented by the Transcription and its...
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(5) Non-native Pronunciation of English.
(The Phenomenon of ‘Foreign Accent’, Sources of the First Language Interference [Differences in Phonemic Inventories, Phonetic Realisation of Phonemes, and Phonological Rules], Problematic Aspects of English...
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(6) Varieties of English.
(Characteristic Pronunciation Features of one of the Following Varieties of English: Scottish, Northern, Cockney, Estuary, Southern US, or New England and NY State English; Comparison of the Variety to the...
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(7) Word-formation.
(Types of Word-formative Processes and their Manifestation in English and in Czech).
(7.1) Word-formation
- word-formation = the creation of a new word
- x semantic change = a change in the meaning of a single...
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(8) Parts of Speech.
(Criteria for their Classification; Similarities and Differences between English and Czech; Grammatical Categories; Subcategorisation of Numerals, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections).
(8.1) Criteria...
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(10) Nouns: Definiteness in Detail.
(Types of Determiners and their Distribution within Particular Types of Nouns).
(10.1) Definiteness as a Grammatical Category
- a semantically-grammatical category
- manifested in articles and in some...
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(11) Nouns and their Gender.
(Natural, Grammatical; Primary and Secondary Functions; Signals of Gender).
(11.1) Gender as a Grammatical Category
- a semantically-grammatical category, more semantic than grammatical
- E: semantic criteria:...
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(12) Nouns and their Number.
(Productive and Less Productive Types of Plural Formation; Foreign Plurals, Plurals in Compound Nouns; Singularia Tantum, Pluralia Tantum; Semantic Functions of Number).
(12.1) Number as a Grammatical...
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(13) Nouns and their Countability.
(The Relationship to Definiteness and Number; The Semantico-Grammatical Nature of Countability and the Degree of Grammaticalisation in English and Czech; Nouns Uncountable in Particular Meanings; Countability...
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(14) Adjectives and their Formal and Semantic Properties.
(Syntactic Functions; The Nature of Gradation, its Formal Characteristics and Semantic Restrictions; Adjectives and Adverbs Identical in Form; Adjective in –ly; Sequences of Adjectives in Pre-modifying...
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(15) Pronouns.
(Types of Pronouns; Their Formal and Semantic Properties; Their Syntactic Functions).
(15.1) Characteristics of Pronouns
(15.1.1) Pronouns versus Nouns
- pronouns = replace nouns/noun phrases => lack a...
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(17) Adverbs.
(Formal, Semantic and Functional Properties; Typical Adverbial Suffixes, Adverbs Derived from Adjectives, Adverbs Identical in Form with Adjectives; Differences in Spelling, Gradation; Subcategorisation of...
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