CJ2MP_JKHM Chapters in Historical Grammar of Czech

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Borovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Borovská, Ph.D.
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 13:25–14:10 učebna 6
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
At the end of the course, the students will be able: 1 – to explain the dialectal phenomena as a result of the historical development of the Czech language; 2 – to understand the development of Czech in the context following the Indo-European and Proto-Slavonic developments; 3 – to understand and explain the etymological origin of the Czech words concerning different topics (e.g. family, house, food, time, hygiene). This lecture pursues the Chapters on Slavonic Studies and recommends it to the undergraduates who enrolled for Historical Grammar of the Czech Language as a compulsory subject. An outline of phonetic, morphological, and lexical systems of the Czech language in the 14th and 15th centuries. Syntactic evolution right up until the 18th century. The sequence of the Indo-European and Common Slavonic / Proto-Slavic evolution. Reflection of the historical language development in the Czech dialects.
Syllabus
  • 1 Evolution of the phonological system of Czech from Common Slavonic / Proto-Slavic. The Czech reflexes replaced Common Slavonic / Proto-Slavic sounds (nasals, jers and so on). Old Czech sound contractions. 2 The characteristic features of the Old Czech period. The best-known Latin and Old Church Slavonic manuscripts on the territory of Bohemia. The Old Czech words and the Czech glosses inscribed in the Latin and Old Church Slavonic manuscripts (particular examples; extracts). 3 Characteristic features of Czech phonology in the 13th century. The main sound changes (mutations / umlaut), their territorial extent. 4 Characteristic features of the phonological features of Czech in the 14th century. The main sound changes mutations / umlaut, the main Old Czech depalatalisation. The territorial extent of the sound changes, the beginnings of the dialectal differentiation. 5 Evolution of the phonological system of Czech from the 15th century. 6 Evolution of the Czech orthography from the 13th century up to the period of the National Revival. 7 Grammar system of Czech in the14th century. Old Czech declension paradigms, their comparison with Modern Czech paradigms. Declension of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numerals, their comparison with contemporary Czech. 8 Old Czech conjugation, the classification of verbs into verbal categories. Comparison of the Old Czech and contemporary Czech systems. 9 Syntactic phenomena in the Czech manuscripts from the 14th century. An outline of the evolution of Czech syntax.
Literature
  • NĚMEC, Igor and Jan HORÁLEK. Dědictví řeči. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1986, 468 s. info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 423 s. URL info
  • Slova a dějiny. Edited by Igor Němec. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1980, 324 s. URL info
  • VÁŽNÝ, Václav. Historická mluvnice česká. 2. vydání. V Praze: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1970, 202 stran. info
  • DOSTÁL, Antonín. Historická mluvnice česká. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 225 stran. info
  • BAUER, Jaroslav. Vývoj českého souvětí. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1960, 402 s. URL info
  • KOMÁREK, Miroslav. Historická mluvnice česká. Edited by Karel Horálek. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1958, 177 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
A lecture combined with subsequent discussions on the professional issues of the course.
Assessment methods
For a successful completion of the course, the students should complete a written test, where they freely formulate their answers and questions. The test is scored. Students must obtain at least an absolute majority of points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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