CJc524 Development of Standard Czech

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Svobodová, Dr. phil. (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
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
At the end of the course, the students will be able: 1 – to name the main linguistic features of Czech in different periods of its development from the beginnings up to the National Revival ; 2 – to characterize the different orthographical/grammatical systems of Czech from the oldest periods up to the contemporary language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able: 1. to name the main linguistic features of Czech in different periods of its development from the beginnings up to the National Revival ; 2. to characterize the different orthographical/grammatical systems of Czech from the oldest periods up to the contemporary language.
Syllabus
  • 1 Study of the so-called external history of literary Czech language. 2 Literary languages on our territory before the origins of literature written in the Czech language. Latin and Old Church Slavonic literature The Chronica Bohemorum by Cosmas of Prague, Old Church Slavonic legends and others. 3 Czech in the 12th and 13th centuries. The first legal and literary texts. Graphic realization of the first Czech texts. Difficulties of the primitive orthography. 4 Evolution of Czech in the 14th century. Old Czech manuscripts and their stylistic differentiation. Vocabulary of the Czech language as a reflection of the social situation. Old Czech syntax. 5 Old Czech dictionaries. Klaret and his company. Vocabulary in Klarets dictionaries. Jan Hus and his contribution to the Czech language. 6 The advanced Czech language of the humanistic epoch, its stylistic differentiation. Syntactic characterization of the humanistic manuscripts. 7 Grammar works of the 16th century. The Grammar of Náměšť. Jan Blahoslav. Dictionaries. 8 The period after the battle of White Mountain and the problems of its evaluation. The so-called Baroque Czech, the Baroque literary manuscripts. The Czech grammar books of the 17th and 18th centuries. 9 J. Dobrovský and his linguistic work. Language codifications. J. Jungmann work. 10 Language codification in the period of purification of the 19th century. The so-called Matice Purifications. Creation of period special terminology. 11 The care of the literary language at the end of the 19th century and in the half of the 20th century (J. Gebauer, V. Ertl). The Prague linguistic school and its representatives. 12 Czech studies and their development in the second half of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. The important representatives B. Havránek, A. Jedlička, V. Šmilauer, F. Kopečný, F. Daneš and others.
Literature
    required literature
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Vývoj spisovné češtiny (Development of Standard Czech). PLESKALOVÁ, J. et al. In Kapitoly z dějin české jazykovědné bohemistiky. Praha: Academia, 2007, p. 473-498, 27 pp. Academia. ISBN 978-80-200-1523-5. info
  • CUŘÍN, František. Vývoj spisovné češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 180 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Vývoj odborných zájmů o češtinu. Edited by Radoslav Večerka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1988, 140 s. info
  • ŠLOSAR, Dušan and Radoslav VEČERKA. Spisovný jazyk v dějinách české společnosti. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1982, 142 pp. info
Teaching methods
Active analytical work of students with emphasis on understanding the function of the written language, its cultural and civilizational role, discussion of professional problems of the subject. Preference will be given to face-to-face participation in the online tutorial.
Assessment methods
To successfully complete the course, students must: 1. pass a written exam where students freely formulate answers to questions. 2.submit a seminar paper/report on the assigned topic. Detailed requirements are published in each semester in which the seminar takes place in the Course Materials in IS, Learning Materials folder.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Předpokladem pro absolvování předmětu je úspěšné ukončení předmětu CJc515 --- Hist. mluvnice ČJ.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
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