OJ567 Languages of South-East Asia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 C32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able to understand and explain the overview, history, relations and recent development of languages in Southeast Asia. Lectures include systematic overview about language families, comments on conditions of present life in Asia and projection of own photographs.
Syllabus
  • 1) geography, population, 2) history and ethnic migrations, 3+4) Sino-Tibetan languages I.+II., 5) Hmong-mien languages, 6+7) Tai-Kadai languages I.+II., 8+9) Austroasiatic languages I.+II., 10+11+12) Austronesian languages I.+II.+III., 13) Indo-European languages in Southeast Asia
Literature
  • Diller, Anthony V. N. & Edmondson, Jerold A. & Yongxian Luo (eds.). 2008. The Tai-Kadai Languages. London & New York: Routledge.
  • Thurgood, Graham & LaPolla, Randy (eds.). 2003. The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London & New York: Routledge.
  • Rischel, Jørgen. 2007. Mlabri and Mon-Khmer. Tracing the history of a hunter-gatherer language. Copenhagen: Det Kogelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.
  • Niederer, Barbara. 1998. Les langues Hmong-Mjen (Miáo-Yáo). München.
  • Matisoff, James A. (gen. ed.). 1995. Languages and Dialects of Tibeto-Burman. Berkeley: Centers for South and Southeast Asia Studies University of California.
  • Blust, Robert. 2009. The Austronesian languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics & The Australian National University.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final test or seminar paper within the range 10 standardized pages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2017.
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