FF:LJBcB03 Language and Writing: Greece - Course Information
LJBcB03 Language and Writing in the Ancient Mediterranean (Greece)
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová - Timetable
- Mon 11:40–12:25 A32 stara
- 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
- there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
describe main features of the evolution of languages and scripts in Mediterranean area from their origins to the testimonies of Greek dialects;
indicate ways of formation and spreading of the writing systems;
enumerate the most important written documents of selected non-Greek languages;
describe the historical background of the formation of the Mycenaean Linear B script;
outline evolution of the classical Greek alphabet and of the Greek dialects from preclassical to the hellenistic period. - Syllabus
- Mediterranean linguistic area a) in a broader sense, b) in a narrower sense; Aegean area until 12th century B. C.; Egyptian and Hittite sources of information about Aegean area;
- Cretan Hieroglyphs and Linear A script; language of Minoan Cretans.
- Mycenaean Linear B script, its system and a characteristics of Mycenaean Greek, sample texts. Testimonies of ancient authors about non-Greek peoples in Aegean area (Pelasgians, Lelegians).
- the origins of the Greek alphabet from the Semitic sources and its initial spread in the Aegean and Italo-Sicilian region; symbiosis of Phoenicians and Greeks on Island of Ischia (Gulf of Naples).
- Non-Greek tribes on the Western and South-Western coast of Asia Minor, their languages and written records (Frygians, Carians, Lydians, Lycians). Written records of non-Greek tribes on Aegean islands.
- Prehistory and protohistory of Greek language. Differentiation of Greek dialects.
- Formation of Greek literary dialects. Tendency toward linguistic integration. Various types of koine; hellenistic koine.
- Literature
- BARTONĚK, Antonín. Development of the consonantal system in ancient Greek dialects. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1961, 215 stran. URL info
- BARTONĚK, Antonín. Development of the long-vowel system in Ancient Greek dialects. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1966, 199 s. URL info
- BARTONĚK, Antonín. Classification of the West Greek dialects. 1969, 218, [42] info
- BARTONĚK, Antonín. Prehistorie a protohistorie řeckých dialektů. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1987, 182 s. URL info
- BARTONĚK, Antonín. Grundzüge der altgriechischen mundartlichen Frühgeschichte. Innsbruck, 1991. info
- BLASS, F. and F. DEBRUNNER. Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Griechisch. Göttingen, 1990. info
- BORNEMANN, E. and E. RISCH. Griechische Grammatik. Frankfurt, 1978. info
- BUCK, C. D. The Greek Dialects. Chicago-London, 1950. info
- CHANTRAINE, P. Morphologie historique du grec. Paris, 1961. info
- CHANTRAINE, P. Dictionnaire étymologique de la historique du grec. Paris, 1971. info
- Colloquium Rauricum. 200 Jahre Homer-Forschung. Stuttgart-Leipzig, 1991. info
- DUHOUX, Y. Introduction aux dialectes grecs anciens. Louvain, 1983. info
- ERHART, Adolf. Úvod do indoevropské jazykovědy. Brno, 1981. info
- FRISK, H. Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg, 1960. info
- HEUBECK, A. Schrift. Göttingen, 1979. info
- HIERSCHE, R. Grundzüge der griechischen Sprachgeschichte. Berlin, 1969. info
- DEBRUNNER, Albert. Geschichte der griechischen Sprache. Edited by Anton Scherer. 2. Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1969. info
- HOFFMANN, O. and Albert DEBRUNNER. Geschichte der griechischen Sprache. Edited by Anton Scherer. 4. Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1969. info
- HUMBERT, J. Histoire de la langue grecque. Paris, 1972. info
- JEFFERY, L. H. and A. W. JOHNSTON. The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece. Oxford, 1990. info
- KASTNER, W. Sprachgeschichtliche Erlaüterungen zur griechischen Grammatik. Frankfurt, 1988. info
- KIECKERS, F. Historische griechische Grammatik. Berlin, 1925. info
- LATACZ, J. Homer. München-Zürich, 1989. info
- LEJEUNE, M. Phonétique historique du mycénien et du grec ancien. Paris, 1972. info
- MEIER-BRÜGGER, M. Griechische Sprachwissenschaft. Berlin, 1992. info
- MEILLET, A. Apercu d`une histoire de la langue grecque. Paris, 1965. info
- PALMER, L. R. The Greek Language. London-Boston, 1980. info
- PISANI, V. Manuale storico della lingua greca. Brescia, 1973. info
- RIX, H. Historische Grammatik des Griechischen (Laut- und Formenlehre). Darmstadt, 1976. info
- SCHMITT, Rüdiger. Einführung in die griechischen Dialekte. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1977, xvi, 142 s. ISBN 3-534-05672-8. info
- SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. info
- SOMMER, F. Vergleichende Syntax der Schulsprachen. Stuttgart, 1931. info
- THUMB, A. and E. KIECKERS. Handbuch der griechischen Dialekte. Heidelberg, 1932. info
- ZINSMEISTER, H. Griechische Laut- und Formenlehre. Heidelberg, 1990. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Active class participation is expected. The credit is awarded for the successful passing of the oral examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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