CJc503 The Fundaments of the Czech Language Studies

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.7. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJc503/01: Fri 13. 10. 13:00–19:50 Virtuální místnost, Fri 8. 12. 13:00–15:50 Virtuální místnost, I. Kolářová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the subject, students win basic general linguistic concepts and the basic concept of language and speech, especially from the point of view of structural linguistics, basic knowledge on the national language and its stratification. At the same time, they deepen their elementary knowledge of individual linguistic disciplines and thus create prerequisites for studying other linguistic disciplines.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the student:
a) is oriented in the basic terms of general linguistics;
b) knows the terminology of basic and selected special linguistic disciplines, which he will use in theoretical linguistic subjects and in the teaching of the Czech language and style;
c) knows important personalities of Czech linguistics and their basic works;
d) can explain the language situation in the Czech Republic, Europe and the world
Syllabus
  • Angličtina 1st block: Language. Character. Concept. Importance. Meaning. Language and speech. Natural languages. Artificial languages. Language situation. Communication. Communicative situation, communicative function. Speech and speaking as an activity. Functions of language. Language and thought. Language and Society.
  • 2nd block: National language and its stratification. Language policy. Language culture. Mother tongue and foreign language. The status of Czech as a mother tongue and as a foreign language. Origin, emergence and development of language.
  • 3rd block: Classification of languages. Position of languages ​​in European countries. Bilingualism, diglossia. Social frame of reference (language). Language passport.
  • 4th block: Linguistics. Linguistic disciplines. Linguistics and other disciplines (semantics, pragmatics). Basic linguistic concepts. Language structure. Linguistic planes. Units of linguistic levels (phoneme, morpheme, syntagma, sentence, text). Grammatical categories. Basic terms.
  • 5th block: Outline of the development of linguistics. Prominent personalities of Czech and foreign linguistics.
Literature
  • https://www.czechency.org/slovnik/
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, Strana 110. ISBN 9788074224829. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 4., v Karolinu 2.,. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 380 stran. ISBN 9788024619460. info
  • NEKVAPIL, Jiří, Marián SLOBODA and Peter WAGNER. Multilingualism in the Czech Republic :basic information. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2009, 117 s. ISBN 9788071065814. info
  • ČEJKA, Mirek. Úvod do studia jazyka : (pro bohemisty). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1996, 81 s. ISBN 8021013931. info
  • Praguianasome basic and less known aspects of the Prague Linguistic School. Edited by Josef Vachek - Libuše Dušková. Philadelphia: J.Benjamins, 1983, xxxi, 321. ISBN 9789027280398. info
Teaching methods
- Lecture with graphical presentation;
- Discussion on some linguistics problems;
- Study hours of some theme (linguistic disciplines and linguistic terminology, languages of the world, slavonic languages).
Assessment methods
The final colloquium shall prove the knowledge by ONLINE WRITTEN EXAM. It includes conclude (test) and open-ended questions. Students get points for each answer. To pass the written exam students have to win 75 % of all points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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