MORPHOLOGY 2
2nd year – winter term
COURSE AIMS:
 to provide (and finish) an overview of morphology
 to introduce verbs and all the grammatical categories associated with this word class
 to help you understand better the typological differences between Czech and English
verbs
 to make you aware of the typical difficulties for learners so that you can avoid them
when teaching verbs
REQUIREMENTS:
This course is only for those students who have successfully finished the course Morphology
1 and have got the credit.
You have to be present in 70% of the seminars and complete all the tasks assigned.
At the end of this term you have the examination in morphology which will cover all the
topics (see the Morphology 1 and Morphology 2 syllabuses).
You are not allowed to take the examination unless you have the credit from Morphology 1
course and unless you reach 60 points (out of 100) for your homework tasks and the test in
Morphology 2 course.
The examination will be written and both theoretical and practical questions will be included.
In case you fail the examination, you can sit for a re-take which will be also written. If you
fail again, you will be examined orally.
RECOMMENDED READING:
ALEXANDER, L.G. Longman English Grammar. Harlow: Longman, 1988. 2.vyd., 374 s.
ISBN 0-582-55892-1
ALEXANDER, L.G. Longman English Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students.
Harlow: Longman, 1991. 3.vyd., 296 s. ISBN 0-582-04500-2
BIBER, D., CONRAD, S., LEECH, G. Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English.
Harlow: Longman, 2006. 5. vyd. 487 s. ISBN 0-582-23726-2
CARTER, R. - McCARTHY, M. Cambridge Grammar of English. A Comprehensive Guide.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 1. vyd., 973 s. ISBN 0-521-67439-5
CHALKER, S. A Student´s English Grammar Workbook. Harlow: Longman, 2005. 11. vyd.,
186 s. ISBN 0-582-08819-4
CLOSE, R.A. A Reference Grammar for Students of English. Harlow: Longman, 1990.
15. vyd., 342 s. ISBN 0-582-52277-3
CLOSE, R.A. A University Grammar of English Workbook. Harlow: Longman, 1993.
19. vyd., 174 s. ISBN 0-582-52280-3
CRYSTAL, D. Rediscover Grammar. Harlow: Longman, 1998. 3. vyd., 239 stran.
ISBN 0-582-00258-3
DEAN, M. English Grammar Lessons. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 2.vyd., 160 s.
ISBN 0-19-431359-X
DUŠKOVÁ, L. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha: Academia, 1994.
2.vyd., 673 s. ISBN 80-200-0486-6
EASTWOOD, J. Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 3.vyd.,
432 s. ISBN 0-19-431369-7
GREENBAUM, S.- QUIRK, R.. A Student´s Grammar of the English Language. Harlow:
Longman, 1990. 1.vyd., 490 s. ISBN 0-582-05971-2
HEWINGS, M. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
2.vyd., 294 s. ISBN 0-521-61403-1
HORNOVÁ, L. Referenční slovník gramatických termínů. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v
Olomouci, 2003. 1. vyd., 86 stran. ISBN 80-244-0738-8
HUGHES, R. Exploring Grammar in Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
1. vyd., 168 s. ISBN 0-521-56844-7
NETTLE, M. - HOPKINS, D. Developing Grammar in Context. Grammar Reference and
Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 1. vyd., 328 s.
ISBN 0-521-62712-5
ŠTEKAUER, P. (ed.) Rudiments of English Linguistics. Prešov: Slovacontact, 2000. 1.vyd.,
332 s. ISBN 80-88876-04-4
THORNBURY, S. Natural Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1. vyd., 220 s.
ISBN 0-19-438624-4
YULE,G. Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 1.vyd., 280 s.
ISBN 0-19-430916-9
BOOKS ON TEACHING GRAMMAR:
HARMER,J. Teaching and Learning Grammar. Harlow: Longman, 1991. 6. vyd., 71 s.
ISBN 0-582-74623-X
HOWAT, A.P.R. A History of English Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1991. 4. vyd., 394 s. ISBN 0-19-437075-5
LARSEN-FREEMAN, D. Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring. Boston:
Thomson Heinle, 2003. 1. vyd., 170 s. ISBN 083846675-3
PARROT, M. Grammar for English Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2000. 1. vyd., 514 s. ISBN 0-521-47797-2
THORNBURY, S. How to Teach Grammar. Harlow: Longman, 1999. 1.vyd., 182 s.
ISBN 0-582-33932-4
THORNBURY, S. Uncovering Grammar. Oxford: MacMillan Heinemann, 2001. 1. vyd.,
122s. ISBN 0-333-95282-0
UR, P. A Course in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
7. vyd., 375 s. ISBN 0521-44994-4
YULE, G. Explaining English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. 1. vyd., 333
s. ISBN 0-19-437172-7
Some of the web pages:
Angličtina na Internetu
http://www.aj.cz/grammar.htm
Business English Lessons
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
English-at-home.com
http://www.english-at-home.com/
English Forum.com
http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive/
Grammar – theory
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm
Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
Lexicon of Linguistics
http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/
List of Books on English Grammar
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/bookshelf.htm
Online English Grammar
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
The Internet Grammar of English
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/
The Virtual Museum of Education Iconics
http://iconics.education.umn.edu/director.htm
SYLLABUS:
Verbs (syntactic and semantic characteristics, grammatical categories).
Verbs (simple tenses - form and usage; future).
Verbs (primary auxiliaries, their grammatical function in the complex verb phrase, other
functions and meaning in the sentence, marginal auxiliaries).
Verbs (aspect: progressive, perfective, the usage of verb phrases expressing aspect).
Verbs (voice: active, passive, comparison of the usage of the passive forms in English and
Czech).
Verbs (mood, modality).
Verbs (finite and non-finite forms, their structure and characteristic morphological features in
English and in Czech, grammatical categories of non-finite verb phrases).