The course is a follow up of Linguistics I. It continues the description of English sounds and words. The main content of the Phonology part is suprasegmental features of English pronunciation (stress, rhythm and intonation) applied to connected speech. Students are presented modification of pronunciation used in connected speech. Special attention is devoted to differences between connected speech in English and Czech and to problems which students of English face. The aim of the Morphology section is to study verbs and verb phrases in great detail. Students are acquainted with conjugation and verb types as well as all the verbal grammatical categories (person&number, mood/modality, tense, aspect and voice). The relationship between form and function is explored, and frequent comparison is made between the Czech and English verbal systems.
Students will be aware of specific features of English pronunciation in connected speech and of the differences between English and Czech in this respect. Detailed knowledge of English verbs and their morphological categories with focus on modal verbs and the use of tenses.
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Oral exam, Written assignment, Test
Just as LI1BE, the course consists of two parts: 1) Morphology 2) Phonetics and Phonology In order to get a credit, students need to pass both parts of the course successfully. This requires that in each of the parts, they - register for the respective course in Moodle and fullfil the e-learning tasks in time - participate actively during seminars and not to miss more than two of them - achieve at least 70% in the credit test. The test can be retaken only once. The exam can only be taken after obtaining the credit, i.e. successfully passing the two parts of the credit. It has a written Morphology part and an oral Phonetics and Phonology part. These parts place on separate days, and they include topics covered both in LI1BE and LI2BE.
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