RJA115 Elements of Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Timetable
Thu 8:20–9:55 B31
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
Propaedeutic course, conceived as overview interpretation of basic philological terms, methods and theories appearing mainly from pieces of knowledge of general linguistics. The learners will learn to view language as a subject of scientific research, to comprehend language as a structured system and realize the universality of relations between language and social phenomena in the widest meaning. They will be equipped with philological definitions and will get to know the basics of the problematic of every single philological discipline which they will come across during their studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Linguistics as a scientific discipline. The subject of linguistics. Structure of linguistics. Basic philological approaches and methods. The relation of linguistics to other scientific disciplines.
  • 2. Language as a social phenomenon. Theory of the nature and substance of language. Theory of the origin of language. Factors of lingual development. Basic language functions.
  • 3. The relation of language and thinking. Biological pre-requisitions for creation of language.
  • 4. Language as a character system. The aspects of a lingual character.
  • 5. Systematical character of language. Basic lingual units and their relations.
  • 6. Phonetic system of language. Phonetics and phonology. Prosodic language system, accentology, types of accent.
  • 7. Morphological language system. Basic terms and categories. Types of morphemes and their variants. Basic word formative means.
  • 8. Lexical language system. Lexicology. The word as a central lingual unit. Types of lexical relations. Lexicography, vocabulary types.
  • 9. Syntactical language system. Sentence and collocations. Types of syntactical relations. Actual statement articulation.
  • 10. Graphics. Orthographical principles, transcription and transliteration.
  • 11. Stylistics
  • 12. Typological classification of languages.
  • 13. The history of linguistics, basic philological styles and approaches.
Literature
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 3., doplněné. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 341 stran. ISBN 8024601540. info
  • Úvod do studia jazyka. Edited by Jiří Černý. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1998, 243 s. ISBN 80-85839-24-5. info
  • SALZMANN, Zdeněk. Jazyk, kultura a společnost : úvod do lingvistické antropologie. Translated by Zdeněk Hlavsa - Jaroslava Hlavsová - Vladimíra Šatavová. 1. vyd. Praha: Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku AV ČR Praha, 1997, 211 s. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. 1. souborné vyd. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1996, 517 s. ISBN 80-85885-96-4. info
  • MYRONOVA, Halyna and Jiří GAZDA. Úvod do jazykovědy v přehledech a cvičeních. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 89 s. ISBN 8021012595. info
  • ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
  • KLÉGR, Aleš and Petr ZIMA. Světem jazyků. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1989, 522 s. URL info
  • ČEJKA, Mirek. Úvod do studia jazyka pro bohemisty. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 112 s. info
  • KUBÍK, Miloslav and Natal‘ja Ivanovna FORMANOVSKAJA. Osnovy jazykoznanija dlja rusistov. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 231 stran. info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of lecture and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Exam: written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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