REMgrA07 History of the Modern Greek Language I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, 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
Tue 12:30–14:05 A24
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 provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Greek language from Hellenistic Koine up to 1976, when Dimotiki was established as the official language of Greece. Lectures are supplemented by text readings (papyruses, the New Testament, extracts from Byzantine chronicles, hagiographies and novels, from Cypriote and Cretan literature and early modern-period texts). At the end of the course, students will have an extensive knowledge of the development of Modern Greek language in historical and cultural-political context. They will be capable of reading, translating and analysing of dealt with Medieval and Early modern-period Greek texts from the linguistic point of view. They will have a deep understanding of key aspects of the development of the Greek language.
Syllabus
  • 1. Periodization of the development of Greek language. Hellenistic and Roman Koine, emergence, sources, disappearance of Ancient Greek dialects. 2. Main tendencies of the development of Hellenistic Koine: changes in vocalic and consonant phonetic system, text extracts. 3. Main tendencies of the development of Hellenistic Koine: changes in noun morphology; text extracts. 4. Main tendencies of the development of Hellenistic Koine: changes in verbs system, disappearance of infinitives and participles, text extracts. 5. Lexicon of Hellenistic and Roman Koine. 6. Atticism and second Sophism – significance for the emergence of Greek diglossia. Language of early Christian literature; text extracts. 7. Byzantine period Greek. Early Byzantine period. Language map of the empire. Sources. 8. Main tendencies of the development of early Byzantine Koine: changes in vocalic and consonant phonetic system, text extracts. 9. Main tendencies of the development of early Byzantine Koine: changes in noun morphology; text extracts. 10. Main tendencies of the development of early Byzantine Koine: changes in verbs system (k-aorist formation, future tense, perfect tense, pluperfect tense, present stem formation); text extracts. 11. Lexicon of early Byzantine period. 12. Language registers of Byzantine Koine; text extracts (acclamations, chronicles, early Bulgarian inscriptions etc.). 13. Balkan linguistic union.
Literature
  • CARAGOUNIS, Chrys C. The development of Greek and the New Testament : morphology, syntax, phonology, and textual transmission. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004, xix, 732. ISBN 3161482905. info
  • HORROCKS, G. A History of the Language and its Speakers. London - New York, 1997. info
  • BABINIOTIS, G. Synoptiki istoria tis ellinikis glossas. Athina, 1985. info
  • BROWNING, R. Medieval and Modern Greek. London, 1964. info
  • TRIANDAFYLLIDIS, M. Neoelliniki grammatiki. Istoriki isagoji. Athina, 1938. info
  • JANNARIS, A. N. A Historical Greek Grammar. London, 1897. info
Teaching methods
Planned learning activities and teaching methods consist of lectures, reading and analysis of Greek texts.
Assessment methods
Credits are awarded for an active participation in the lessons and the oral exam testing student's ability to translate and comment on selected Greek text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Předmět je povinný pro studenty novořeckého jazyka a literatury a jednooborové klasické řečtiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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