CJp032 Historical Grammar of Czech Language

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Svobodová, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Malá (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kristýna Zuzaňáková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Svobodová, Dr. phil.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
CJp020 Introduction to Slavonic Studies and Old Church Slavonic
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
Students will learn basic theories and will be able to understand Old Czech text. They are able to rewrite the Old Bohemian text into the New Czech spelling and to explain the New Bohemian phenomena as a result of the historical development of the Czech language. They will learn the basic terms from this area and will learn to systemize the knowledge and can formulate the basic rules of language development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able: 1. to understand an Old Czech text; 2. to convert an Old Czech text into a Modern Czech version; 3. to explain Modern Czech phenomena as a result the historical development of Czech; 4. to define basic principles of the language development.
Syllabus
  • 1 The development of the Czech phonologic system from the Common Slavonic language. The Czech reflexes replacing the Common Slavonic / Proto-Slavic sounds (nasal sounds, jers and others). The Old Czech sound contractions. 2 Old Czech language period, its characteristics. The Old Czech words and the Czech glosses inscribed in the Latin and Old Church Slavonic manuscripts. 3 Reading the Old Czech texts dated back to the 13th century. The evidence of the sound changes typical for the language system of the 13th century Czech. The main features of primitive orthography. 4 Reading the Old Czech texts from the 14th century. Comparing the13th and 14th century phonological systems. Sound changes occurring in the 14th century, its evidence in the texts. Characteristic features of digraphic orthography in Czech, its difficulties. 5 The 15th and 16th century Czech texts, the reflection of the occurred and occurring changes in these texts. Their comparison with the 14th century texts and with the Modern Czech texts. 6 The introduction to the grammar system of Czech in the 14th and 15th centuries. 7 Old Czech declension paradigms, their comparison with Modern Czech paradigms. a) The stem principle of declension of nouns; comparing the Old Czech declension paradigms with the Modern Czech paradigms; b) Nominal and compound adjectival declension; pronominal and numeral declension; c) Comparison of Old Czech declension with Old Church Slavonic and Modern Czech declension. 8 Old Czech conjugation, the classification of verbs into verbal categories. Fluctuation of verbal forms among the verbal classes and paradigms, the verbal transitions from the 1st class into others, the reasons of this phenomenon. 9 The knowledge of the evolution of the Czech phonologic and morphologic systems is a way to understand the historical reasons of the contemporary language phenomena. 10 Syntactic phenomena in the Czech manuscripts from the 14th century. Study the evolution of conjunctions. Examples of the development of the most frequent conjunctions.
Literature
    required literature
  • KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny - překlenovací seminář (Historical Grammar of Czech - bridging seminar). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 112 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6974-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny I (Historical Grammar of Czech). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 211 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6906-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 423 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Stará čeština pro nefilology. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2001, 149 pp. ISBN 80-210-2733-9. info
  • PAUL, Hermann. Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte. 10. unveränderte Aufl. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995, xiv, 428. ISBN 3484220058. info
  • PORÁK, Jaroslav. Chrestomatie k vývoji českého jazyka (13.-18. století). Edited by Václav Křístek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 407 s. URL info
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír, Adolf KAMIŠ, Karel KUČERA and Václav KŘÍSTEK. Malý staročeský slovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 707 s. URL 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 seminar, active analytical students´ work in the analysis of Old Czech texts, active synthetic students´ work in the interpretation of linguistic phenomena, discussion about the professional course issues.
Assessment methods
For a successful completion of the course, the students should 1.complete a written examen, where they freely formulate their answers and questions. The test is scored. The student must earn at least 60% points in the test; 2. a seminar paper should be submitted. 3. study of suggested literature. Detailed requirements are available in each term in Study Materials of the course in the Information System MU, the folder Learning Materials.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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