PJA101 Elements of Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 9:10–10:45 M21
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
This course is an introduction to the study of language and communication. It covers basic information about history of linguistics, main, linguistic theories, methods, disciplines, linguistic terminology and the features of Indo-European and Slavonic languages. At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain basic notions and theories from the branch of general linguistics and use basic linguistic terminology.
Syllabus
  • 1. Linguistics as the science
  • 2. History of linguistics
  • 3. De Saussure: langue and parole
  • 4. Chomsky: competence nad performance
  • 5. Linguistic sign theories
  • 6. Theories of language meaning
  • 7. Theories of verbal communication
  • 8. Formal description of language
  • 9. Linguistic typology and classification of languages
  • 10. Linguistic terminology
Literature
  • PALEK, Bohumil. Základy obecné jazykovědy. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 285 s. ISBN 8004229379. info
  • ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. 1. souborné vyd. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1996, 517 s. ISBN 80-85885-96-4. info
  • Encyklopedia językoznawstwa ogólnego, Polański, K. (red.), Wrocław - Warszawa - Kraków: Ossolineum, 1993
  • Bednarczuk, Leszek. Języki indoeuropejskie, tom I, Warszawa: PWN, 1986.
  • Bednarczuk, Leszek. Języki indoeuropejskie, tom II, Warszawa: PWN, 1988.
  • 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
  • LOTKO, Edvard. Slovník lingvistických termínů pro filology. 2., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2000, 128 s. ISBN 8024401231. info
  • KARLÍK, Petr, Jana PLESKALOVÁ and Marek NEKULA. Encyklopedický slovník češtiny (Encyclopaedia of the Czech language). Praha: LN, 2002, 10 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny. ISBN 80-7106-484-X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures (practically exemplified theoretical information), class discusion, reading of recommended literature.
Assessment methods
During semester: active participation (max. 4 absences), class discussion
Completion: final written test (ca 38 questions, max. 50 points, min. 30 points - the students will be become acquainted with the structure of the text at the end of semester)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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