FF:AJ32040 The History of Linguistics - Course Information
AJ32040 The History of Linguistics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Ludmila Urbanová, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Ludmila Urbanová, CSc.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- The knowledge of the basics of linguistic disciplines.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the subject is to make the doctoral students acquainted with the major representatives of linguistic thinking who made a lasting contribution to the development of contemporary linguistic research in distinctive fields of linguistics. Starting from modern linguistic approaches, the students will trace the history of linguistic research into the essential components of language study at the time when linguistics was being constituted as an independent science. The course will outline the split development resulting in two parallel streams in mainstream linguistics: European vs. American linguistics.
- Learning outcomes
- The students will get acquainted with the major representatives of linguistic thinking who made a lasting contribution to the development of contemporary linguistic research in distinctive fields of linguistics. The students will be able to trace the history of linguistic research into the essential components of language study at the time when linguistics was being constituted as an independent science. They will become familiar with the split development resulting in two parallel streams in mainstream linguistics: European vs. American linguistics. They will be able to compare the linguistic approaches presented in the subject.
- Syllabus
- 1. Humboldt as Predecessor of Modern Linguistics 2. European Structuralism - Geneva School - Prague School - Copenhagen School 3. Rise of American Linguistics - Edward Sapir - Leonard Bloomfield 4. Diversification after Bloomfield - Kenneth L.Pike - Zellig S. Harris - Charles F. Hockett 5. Transformational-Generative Grammar - Noam Chomsky 6. Oxford School of Ordinary Language Philosophy - Ryle - Strawson - Austin - Russell - Wittgenstein
- Literature
- recommended literature
- ČERNÝ, Jiří. Malé dějiny lingvistiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2005, 239 s. ISBN 8071789089. URL info
- ČERNÝ, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. 1. souborné vyd. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1996, 517 s. ISBN 80-85885-96-4. info
- A short history of linguistics. Edited by R. H. Robins. 3rd ed. Burnt Mill: Longman Group, 1990, ix, 271. ISBN 0582291453. info
- DE BEAUGRANDE, Robert. Linguistic theory : the discourse of fundamental works. London: Longman, 1991, 403 s. ISBN 0582037255. info
- SEUREN, Pieter A. M. Western linguistics : an historical introduction. Malden: Blackwell, 1998, xv, 570. ISBN 0631208917. info
- not specified
- VACHEK, Josef. Prolegomena k dějinám Pražské školy jazykovědné. Vydání první. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 135 stran. ISBN 8086022129. info
- Teaching methods
- e-learning, individual reading, consultations
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Tento kurz je určen pouze studentům doktorského studia! This course is designated for PhD students ONLY!.
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