PJ_SLAV11 Historical Grammar and Dialectology of Polish

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 C32, except Thu 16. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(N)
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
Evolution of Polish from the 10th century to the end of the 19th century. Information about relations among Slavonic languages, important historical changes in the phonetics and morphology of Polish, the history of Polish orthographic norms and Polish dialects. Practical analysis of Old Polish texts. At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain main historical changes in Polish language, to apply theoretical knowledge in practice, i.e. to analyse Old Polish and dialectological texts.
Learning outcomes
The students of the course will be able at the end of the course:
- to identify and characterize the main stages of the historical development of Polish;
- to describe the main directions of the historical development of the phonetic, grammatical and lexical subsystem of Polish;
- to classify individual phenomena of historical development of Polish into the West Slavonic and wider Slavic context;
- to read and analyze Old Polish texts;
- to describe the language situation in Poland, identify and characterize the territorial varieties (dialects) of Polish.
Syllabus
  • I. Polish language in the context of Slavonic languages
  • II. Historical phonetics (the most important changes of non-written period, Old and Middle Polish)
  • III. Historical morphology (the most important changes of non-written period, Old and Middle Polish)
  • IV. Development of syntactic structures - introduction
  • V. Development of vocabulary - introduction
  • VI. Dialectology - characteristics of Polish dialects
  • VII. Analysis of Old Polish and dialectical texts
Literature
  • KLEMENSIEWICZ, Zenon. Historia języka polskiego. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974. info
  • Gramatyka historyczna języka polskiego. Edited by Stanisław Rospond. Wyd. 1. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1971, 391 s. info
  • Kuraszkiewicz, Władysław. Gramatyka historyczna języka polskiego. Podstawowe widomości z wyborem tekstóe staropolskich do ćwiczeń. Warszawa 1972.
  • Walczak, Bogdan. Zarys dziejów języka polskiego. Wrocław 1999.
  • URBAŃCZYK, Stanisław. Prace z dziejów języka polskiego. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich, 1979. ISBN 8304001454. info
  • Wybór tekstów staropolskich : czasy najdawniejsze do roku 1543. Edited by Stefan Vrtel-Wierczyński. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1963. info
  • URBAŃCZYK, Stanisław. Zarys dialektologii polskiej. Wyd. 3. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1968. info
  • DEJNA, Karol. Dialekty polskie. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich, 1973. info
Teaching methods
Lectures (practically exemplified theoretical information), practical exercises (analysis of Old Polish and dialectical texts), reading of recommended literature, homeworks.
Assessment methods
Active participation, oral exam (it tests theoretical knowledge and ability to apply it in practice, oral analysis of a part of a transliterated Old Polish text is required).
Language of instruction
Polish
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je určen pouze studentům magisterského studia!
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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