CJ2BP_JUCJ The Fundaments of the Czech Language Studies

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eva Minářová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 9:20–10:05 učebna 1
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
Course objectives
The students acquire fundamental information on language and linguistics almost from structural linguistics view.
It is pressupossed that students after ending the course:
1. Are able to explain relations between language and speech/speaking, can explaint the constructs: sign, meaning, sence (of language utterance), language situacion, national language, communication...;
2. Are able to define linguistic terms that are used in linguistic disciplines;
3. Know languages in Europe and in the World and know position of Czech among other national languages in European Union.
4. Know linguistic handbooks and linguistic journals.
5. Know famous Czech and world-wide linguists.
Syllabus
  • 1. Language. Signs. Concept, language meaning, sense. Language and speech.
  • 2. Communication. Communicative situation and its elements. Communicative function. Speech and Speaking as a special action. Language, communication and communicative competence. Relevancy of the development of communicative competence for the education and edification. Communicative competence and the Framework educational programm.
  • 3. Natural languages, artificial languages. Dialects. Language situation and its types. Bilingual peoples. Di-glossy. Common European Reference Framework. Europass.
  • 4. Origin, source and development of the language. Classification of the language. Languages in Europe.
  • 5. Functions of the language. Language and meaning. Language and the society.
  • 6. National language and its stratification. Language policy. Cultivation of the language and of the speaking. Czech language - maternity language and foreign language.
  • 7. The structure of the language. Language levels and language elements (phoneme, morpheme, sentence, clause, text). Grammatical categories. Grammatical concepts.
  • 8. Linguistics and linguistic subjects. Linguistics and other sciences (semantics, pragmatics).
  • 9. Fundaments of linguistics development. Czech and worldwide linguists.
Literature
    required literature
  • Úvod do studia jazyka. Edited by Jiří Černý. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1998, 243 s. ISBN 80-85839-24-5. info
    recommended literature
  • ČEJKA, Mirek. Úvod do studia jazyka (pro bohemisty ). (Introduction to the Study of Language (For Bohemists).). In Úvod do studia jazyka (pro bohemisty ). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1996. ISBN 80-210-1393-1. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
  • Vývoj odborných zájmů o češtinu. Edited by Radoslav Večerka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1988, 140 s. info
  • ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 185 s. info
Teaching methods
- Lecture with graphical presentation;
- Discussion on some linguistics problems+
- Study hours.
Assessment methods
Lecture. Ending: oral colloquium
The themen of colloquium are included in syllabus or see adress http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=98
The colloquium is realised in the groups of 3-5 students; the students decide by lot two questions. The answers are evaluated according to the correctness and to the speech cultivation, too.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=98
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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