LgV34 Pidgins, creoles and mixed languages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
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 16:00–17:40 K23, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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
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Course objectives
The course aims to provide the students with a basic insight into the field of contact linguistics with a special focus on contact languages. The primarily general-linguistics-oriented lectures will also offer a deeper dive into selected representants of subcategories of contact languages. The main objective of the course is to get to understand the contact languages, their distribution and circumstances of their genesis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to language contact 2. Contact languages and their inner and outer classification 2.1. Pidgins (circumstances of genesis, specific features and distribution) 2.2.1. Kyachta-Chinese pidgin 2.2.2. Creolization process 2.3. Creoles (circumstances of genesis, specific features and distribution) 2.3.1. Sociolinguistic aspects of usage of creoles 2.3.2. Tok Pisin 2.3.3. Hiri Motu 2.3.4. Haitian creole 2.4. Mixed languages (hybrids) (circumstances of genesis, specific features and distribution) 2.4.1. Michif
Literature
  • Contact languages :a comprehensive guide. Edited by Peter Bakker - Yaron Matras. 1 online r. ISBN 9781614514763. info
  • An introduction to pidgins and creoles. John Holm. Cambridge University Press. 2004. ISBN 0521584604
  • Contact Languages. A wider perspective – S.G. Thomason, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997, ISBN 9789027275875
  • Russkie pidžiny. E.V. Perexval'skaya. Aletejja. 2008. ISBN 9785914191310
  • The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages. Edited by Umberto Ansaldo - Miriam Meyerhoff. Routledge. 2021. ISBN 9781138557789.
  • TODD, Loreto. Pidgins and creoles. New edition. London: Routledge, 1990, x, 117. ISBN 0415053110. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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