REBcA17 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
Thu 8:20–9:55 A49
Prerequisites (in Czech)
REBcA16 Classical Greek II
Dobrá znalost lekcí 1-12 učebnice Lexis.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course follows Ancient Greek for Modern Greek Students II., continuation of normative grammar of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek: substantive declination III., system of Greek participles, contracted verbs, subjunctive mood, subjunctive in subordinate clauses. At the end of the course, students will be capable of understanding authentic Greek texts with the use of dictionaries and will have acquired deeper knowledge of old phases of Greek language.
Syllabus
  • 1. Revision: passive aorist and future tense. 2. Noun declination: nt-stems. 3. System of Greek participles. 4. Principles of vowel contraction in Greek. 5. Contracted –e verb stems. 6. Noun declination: s-stems. 7. Contracted –a verb stems. 8. Formation of subjunctive. 9. Use of conjunctive in main clauses. 10. Contracted –o verb stems. 11. Conjunctive in conditional, purpose and time subordinate clauses. 12. Noun declination: -i and –y vocalic stems. 13. Supplement to irregular comparison of adjectives.
Literature
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
  • A Greek-English lexicon : with a revised supplement, 1996. Edited by Henry Stuart Jones - Roderick McKenzie - Henry George Liddell - Robert. 9th ed. completed 1940 with. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1996, xlv, 2042. ISBN 0198642261. info
Assessment methods
Students’ active attendance, including homework, is necessary. Credits are obtained by passing a written test. The test consists of a short coherent Greek text translation, a translation of sentences from Greek into Czech, morphological identifying of verb forms exercise, declension of nouns and adjectives.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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