UZLJB05 Late Latin

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012

The course is not taught in Autumn 2012

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
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
    required literature
  • HERMAN, József. Vulgar Latin. Edited by Roger Wright. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, xiv, 130. ISBN 0271020016. info
    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
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, translating and analyzing selected Latin texts, reading special literature, preparation of presentation (group work), 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), group presentation of some topic in the class (with subsequent submitting of its written form).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008.
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