FF:LJBcB03 Language and Writing: Greece - Course Information

LJBcB03 Languages and Writing Systems of the Ancient Mediterranean (Greece)

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each odd Monday 10:50–11:35 2.01

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 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

At the end of the course students will be able to:
describe main features of the evolution of languages and scripts in the area of Mediterranean 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 the pre-Classical to the Hellenistic period.

Syllabus

• Mediterranean linguistic area a) in a broader sense, b) in a narrower sense; Aegean area until 12th century BC; 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 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

• LJBcB04 Languages and Writing Systems of the Ancient Mediterranean (Italy)

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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