Vv7 Languages of Southeast Asia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
no requirements
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
The course goal is to study main language families in Southeast Asia: Tai-Kadai, Hmong-Mien, Austronesian, Austroasiatic and Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-Burman. All language families and their peculiarities are explained on the ground of typology and methodology of comparative linguistics. Lecture also deals with their classification and inner groupings in older works and in contemporary research. Geographic distribution, special structure and phonetic features as well as cultural specifics are presented with the help of practical images and audio-files.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course a student is able to:
- enumerate language families of Southeast Asia and explain their inner grouping and classification
- enumerate five most important languages of each Southeast Asian country
- describe geographic location and social stratification of speakers of five most important languages of each family
- explain political and sociolinguistical circumstances of development of selected languages as well as explain their main phonetic features and morphological structure
- describe typological differences and correspondences among families of Southeast Asian languages
Syllabus
  • 1. Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-burman languages
  • 2. Tai-kadai languages
  • 3. Austroasiatic languages
  • 4. Austronesian languages
  • 5. Hmong-Mien languages
  • 7. Phonetical features of Southeast Asian language families
  • 8. Morfological features of Southeast Asian language families
  • 9. Sociolinguistical features of Southeast Asian language families
  • 10. Typological comparisons
  • 11. Ethnic politics and language politics in particular countries
Literature
  • NIEDERER, Barbara. 1998. Les langues Hmong-Mjen (Miáo-Yáo). Les langues Hmong-Mjen (Miáo-Yáo). München.
  • DILLER, Anthony V. N. & Edmondson, Jerold A. & Yongxian Luo (eds.). 2008. The Tai-Kadai Languages. London & New York: Routledge.
  • Sidwell, Paul. 2009. Classifying the Austroasiatic languages: History and state of the art. Muenchen: Lincom Europa.
  • THURGOOD, Graham & LAPOLLA, Randy (eds.). 2003. The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London & New York: Routledge.
  • BLUST, Robert. 2009. The Austronesian languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics & The Australian National University.
  • MATISOFF, James A. (gen. ed.). 1995. Languages and Dialects of Tibeto-Burman. Berkeley: Centers for South and Southeast Asia Studies University of California.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Written test - at least 50 % of correct answers is needed to pass the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
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