PLIN007 From Old Czech to Modern Czech

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 C41
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 is focused on an analysis of phonological and morphological levels of Old Czech texts. Work with transliterared texts, selected to cover significant stages of development of Czech, will provide students with the opportunity to apply in practice the knowledge gained from theoretical sources. The aim of the course is to understand main laws in the development of both mentioned language levels and to gain ability to reconstruct stages of development of phonological and morphological phenomena during the one thousand years of existence of Czech. The special focus is on linking earlier stages of development with contemporary Czech, as the knowledge of earlier stages will help students to understand better and to explain better the present-day situation of Czech, especially with regard to its irregularities and exceptions (e.g. alterations or morphological doublets).
Syllabus
  • 1) The elementary terms: Old Czech, stages of its development 2) Searching in Old Czech dictionaries 3) Transliteration and transcription 4) Development of the phonological system from the 10th century to the present day 6) System of Old Czech declension - nouns 7) and its development to the present day 8) System of Old Czech declension - adjectives, pronouns, numerals 9) and its development to the present day 10) Verbal system in Old Czech 11) and its development to the present day 12) The systems of Czech orthography
Literature
    required literature
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 423 s. URL info
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír, Adolf KAMIŠ, Karel KUČERA and Václav KŘÍSTEK. Malý staročeský slovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 707 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Stará čeština pro nefilology (Old Czech for non-linguistically orientated students). Přetisk. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 149 pp. Masarykova univerzita. ISBN 80-210-2733-9. info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. V Praze: nákladem České grafické společnosti Unie, 1903, xxix, 674. info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. V Praze: nákladem České grafické akciové společnosti Unie, 1904, 632 s. info
    not specified
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Stará čeština pro nefilology. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 149 stran. ISBN 8021027339. info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Historická mluvnice jazyka českého. Edited by Miroslav Komárek. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1963, xii, 765. URL info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Historická mluvnice jazyka českého. D. 3, Tvarosloví, 1, Skloňování. 2. vyd., v NČSAV 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1960, 659 s. info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Historická mluvnice jazyka českého. Edited by František Ryšánek. 3. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1958, 555 s. info
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on analyzing Old Czech texts, students are required to prepare for the classes (to study independently concrete scholarly materials, including electronic sources, such as “Vokabulář webový” etc.).
Assessment methods
To receive the credits, a written analysis of a part of a transliterated Old Czech text is required, the specific tasks being: a transcription of the text, a phonological analysis of each word, giving the dates of its gradual changes from the Proto-Czech period to the present day and identification of all given forms of the inflectional parts of speech, including the development from the Proto-Czech period to the present day.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Teacher's information
http://www.pocitacova-lingvistika.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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