BA121 The Fenno-Ugric languages from a historico-cultural perspective

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 zruseno D51
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: under which conditions might the Fenno-Ugric language family be defined?; how language phenomena correlate with cultural and historical phenomena?
Syllabus
  • The language family term and special features of the Fenno-Ugric language family. The main European groups, Fennic and Ugric; their division by isoglosses. Historical evidences; character and content of the oldest sources. History of modern languages' rise. Characteristic features of particular language systems.
Literature
  • Daniel Abondolo: The Uralic Languages
  • The Uralic languages : description, history and foreign influences. Edited by Denis Sinor. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1988, xx, 841. ISBN 9004077413. info
Assessment methods
Written test, an essay on history of a "small" East-European Uralic language - the first written evidences, standardizing of orthography, elementary descriptive grammar...
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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