CJBA10 Introduction to Czech Dialectology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (lecturer)
PhDr. Martina Ireinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Žižková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJA001 Czech Language - Introduction || CJJ01 Language - Proseminar
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 1/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
Course objectives
The seminar is focused mainly on Czech dialects, from both synchronic and diachronic points of view, on their characteristic features and on the methodology of the discipline. Attention is paid also to current tendencies in spoken Czech, with particular regard to the language of the city of Brno. Research work outside the faculty is usually a part of the curriculum as well.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able:
- to provide a characterization of the main groups of Czech dialects;
- to get orientated in elementary sources relating to dialects;
- to use the method of controlled conversation, when conducting a research of dialects;
- to work with dialectal materials independently (to know the rules of transcription, to classify dialectal phenomena).
Syllabus
  • 1. Elementary terminology.
  • 2. Diachronic development of Czech and its dialectal stratification.
  • 3. Archaic dialects ion the eastern part – East Moravia and Silesia.
  • 4. Central Moravian dialects.
  • 5. Language of Brno.
  • 6. Czech dialects.
  • 7. History of dialectology, dictionaries, Czech Language Atlas.
  • 8. Methodology of research.
Literature
  • České nářeční texty. Edited by Věra Lamprechtová - Arnošt Lamprecht. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1976, 425 s. URL info
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír. Nástin české dialektologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1972, 463 s. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Běžně mluvený jazyk v Brně. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Brně, 1981, 198 s. info
  • DANEŠ, František. Český jazyk na přelomu tisíciletí. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1997, 292 stran. ISBN 8020006176. info
  • Balhar, J., Jančák, P. aj. 1992-2003. Český jazykový atlas 1-4. Praha : Academia
  • BALHAR, Jan. Český jazykový atlas. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2005, 680 s. ISBN 8020013393. info
  • SGALL, Petr and Jiří HRONEK. Čeština bez příkras. Vyd. 1. Praha: H & H, 1992, 181 s. ISBN 80-85467-29-1. info
  • Bogoczová, Irena a kol. Tváře češtiny. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: OU, 2000. 266s. ISBN 80-7042-566-0
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, Strana 110. ISBN 9788074224829. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of seminars during which students learn to carry out an analysis of dialectal texts and to use secondary sources of information, especially the Czech Language Atlas. They also get acquainted with the methodology of dialectal research (compilation of a questionnaire, choice of respondents, controlled interview, dialectal transcription, dialectal dictionary). A scholarly excursion focused on dialectology is also a part of the course.
Assessment methods
The exam has the form of a written test, a prerequisite to which is a successfully completed seminar work summarizing results of an independent dialectal research. Requirements for the exam: a basic orientation in Czech dialects, knowledge of topics dealt with in seminars.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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