RJs313 Slavic Languages in Comparison

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Oxana Truhlářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D.
Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Russian language at the level C1
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
The goal of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the development of Slavic languages and their subsequent division into three branches. The course focuses on the phonetic, grammatical and semantic changes that occurred during the development of individual Slavic languages (mainly Czech and Russian). Emphasis is also placed on the historical and cultural contexts that led to the creation of both Czech and Russian as well as to the changes of the Czech and Russian language standards.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able
to describe in the main features the development of Slavic languages (especially Russian and Czech);
to identify important differences between Russian and Czech from a diachronic perspective;
to define the basic factors that influenced the historical development of Slavic languages;
to apply the acquired knowledge in the teaching of Russian.
Syllabus
  • 1. Historical development of Slavic languages ​​as a scientific discipline. Subject of research, methods, research resources.
  • 2. Praslovan, dialectal cleavage of the Praslovanese.
  • 3. Old Slavic language as the first written language of the Slavs (Glagolitic and Cyrillic, written monuments, fate of the Old Slavic language).
  • 4. East Slavonic languages ​​(overview, East Slavic languages ​​in comparison).
  • 5. West-Slavonic languages ​​(overview, West Slavonic languages ​​in comparison).
  • 6. South Slavic languages ​​(overview, South Slavic languages ​​in comparison).
  • 7. Russian and its position among the Slavic languages.
  • 8. Russian as a World Language.
  • 9. Current status of Slavic languages ​​(territory, number of speakers, language situation).
  • 10. Russian and Czech in comparison (basic consistency and differences of the phonetic system).
  • 11. Russian and Czech in comparison (basic consistency and differences of lexical-semantic system).
  • 12. Russian and Czech in comparison (basic and morphological and syntactical differences).
Literature
    required literature
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Jazyky v komparaci 2: Charakteristiky současných slovanských jazyků v historickém kontextu (Languages in comparison, Vol. 2 (Characteristics of Slavonic Languages in historical context.)). Praha: Euroslavica, 2009, 148 pp. ISBN 978-80-85494-87-7. info
  • MRÁZEK, Roman, Galina Vladimirovna POPOVA and Aleš BRANDNER. Historický vývoj ruštiny. V Tribunu EU vyd. 1. Brno: Tribun EU, 2013, 202 s. ISBN 9788026303541. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Jazyky v komparaci. Vydání první. Praha: Euroslavica, 2009, 145 stran. ISBN 9788085494877. info
    recommended literature
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Jazyky v komparaci 1: Nástin české jazykovědné slavistiky v mezinárodním kontextu (Languages in comparison, Vol. 1 (Slavonic studies in Czech and international context)). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 253 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1. ISBN 978-80-7106-575-3. info
  • KOLESOV, Vladimir Viktorovič. Istorija russkogo jazyka. S. - Peterburg: Filologičeskij fakul'tet Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, 2005, 669 stran. ISBN 5769518340. info
  • Slavjanskije jazyki, pis'mennost' i kul'tura : sbornik naučnych trudov. Edited by Vladimir Viktorovič Kolesov. Kijev: Naukova dumka, 1993, 266 s. ISBN 5120022979. info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historický vývoj češtiny : hláskosloví, tvarosloví, skladba. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1977, 309 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of a lecture and practical exercises.
Assessment methods
Oral credit (terminology, theoretical and practical material).
Language of instruction
Russian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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