FF:LJMgrB23 Late Latin - Course Information
LJMgrB23 Late Latin
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- each even Monday 12:30–14:05 zrusena M12
- 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
- Classical Philology (programme FF, N-FI)
- Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
sketch development of Latin in the fields of phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexicon with emphasis on Vulgar and Late Latin;
compare the features of Late Latin texts with the classical ones;
show relation between selected Late Latin evolutionary tendencies and the development of the Romance languages (mainly Italian, Spanish and French);
distihguish and intepret phenomena documented in selected Vulgar or Late Latin texts;
explain some basic principles related to the development of language and language changes. - Syllabus
- Introduction.
- Concepts of Vulgar and Late Latin and their definition.
- Romanization and the Romance languages.
- Changes in the vocalic system.
- Changes in the consonantic system.
- Theory of grammaticalization.
- Nominal system. Changes in declination.
- Graduation of adjectives.
- Changes in pronouns, origin of the definite article.
- Verbal system. Development of new forms (future, perfect), passive voice.
- Syntax: accusative with infinitive, quod clauses, absolute constructions, indirect questions.
- Lexicon: semantic changes, Greek loan-words.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- VÄÄNÄNEN, Veikko. Introduzione al latino volgare. 3 ed. italiana. Bologna: Pàtron, 1982, 419 s. ISBN 88-555-0902-0. info
- OSTRÁ, Růžena. Přehled vývoje románských jazyků. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1980, 130 s. info
- Itinerarium Egeriae. Edited by Marcela Hejtmanová. Vyd. 1. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita, 1999, 244 s. ISBN 8070403381. info
- not specified
- ZAMBONI, Alberto. Alle origini dell'italiano :dinamiche e tipologie della transizione dal latino. 1. ed. Roma: Carocci editore, 2000, 226 s. ISBN 88-430-1653-9. info
- TAGLIAVINI, Carlo. Le origini delle lingue neolatine :introduzione alla filologia romanza. 6 ed. interamente rielaborat. Bologna: Pàtron, 1982, xlii, 681. ISBN 88-555-0465-7. info
- The Romance languages. Edited by Martin Harris - Nigel Vincent. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990, xii, 500. ISBN 0195208293. info
- ADAMS, J. N. Bilingualism and the Latin language. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xxviii, 83. ISBN 0521817714. info
- KLAUSENBURGER, Jurgen. Grammaticalization : studies in Latin and Romance morphosyntax. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000, xiii, 183. ISBN 1556199716. info
- Latin and the Romance languages in the early Middle Ages. Edited by Roger Wright. London: Routledge, 1991, ix, 262. ISBN 0415056063. info
- WRIGHT, Roger. Late Latin and early Romance in Spain and Carolingian France. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1982, xii, 321 s. ISBN 0-905205-12-X. info
- ZAVADIL, Bohumil. Vývoj španělského jazyka. Illustrated by Anna Chmelová. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 298 s. ISBN 8071845418. info
- HEINE, Bernd and Tanja Angelova KUTEVA. World Lexicon of grammaticalization. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xii, 387. ISBN 0521005973. info
- HERMAN, József. Vulgar Latin. Edited by Roger Wright. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, xiv, 130. ISBN 0271020016. info
- Bookmarks
- https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FF:LJMgrB23!
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, reading, translating and analyzing selected Latin texts, reading special literature, homework.
- Assessment methods
- Preparation for the class (it can be checked by short tests), final oral exam with previous preparation (sample text analysis, explanation of some Late Latin features).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Zkoušku zapisují studenti oboru Klasická filologie.
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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