LgV04 Languages of Asia Minor

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Matyáš Foltýn (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 K32, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
Interest in the first written Indo-European language.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
Course mapps the settlement of the ancient Asia Minor in the 2nd and 1st BC, reconstructed on the basis of the epigraphic monuments. The most important literary languages are presented in details. Students should be acquainted with elements of Hittite and Hieroglyphic Luvian grammar and take ability to analyze the chosen texts.
Learning outcomes
The student will acquaint with grammatical structure of Hittite in context of ancient languages of Asia Minor.
Syllabus
  • 1. Indo-European languages: 1.1. Anatolian: Hittite, Palaic, Cuneiform & Hieroglyfic Luvian, Lycian, Lydian, Carian etc. 1.2. Phrygian. 1.3. Greek dialects of Asia Minor (Ionia; Pamphylia). 1.4. Armenian. 2. Non-Indo-European languages: 2.1. Hattic. 2.2.1. Hurrian. 2.2.2. Urarteian. 3. Sketch of comparative grammar of the Anatolian languages. 4.1. Interpretion of the chosen Hittite texts. 4.2. Interpretion of the chosen Hieroglyfic Luvian texts.
Literature
  • Luraghi, Silvia. 1997. Hittite. München-Newcastle: Lincom.
  • Meriggi, Piero. 1980. Schizzo grammaticale delľanatolico. Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
  • Friedrich, Johannes. 1960-67. Hethitisches Elementarbuch I-II2. Heidelberg: Winter.
  • Kronasser, Heinz. 1956. Vergleichende Laut- und Formenlehre des Hethitischen. Heidelberg: Winter.
  • HOFFNER, Jr. Harry A, & MELCHERT, H. Craig, A Grammar of the Hittite Language. Part 1: Reference Grammar. Languages of the Ancient Near East; 1. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008.
Teaching methods
Teacher reconstructs the early ethnic history of Asia Minor in the 2nd and 1st mill. BC., demonstrates the fragments of grammar of individual languages and their comparison. Students interpret the chosen texts in cuneiform and hieroglyphics.
Assessment methods
Transcription and interpretation of a chosen Hittite or Hieroglyphic Luvian texts
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2022.
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