FF:ROMIIA101 Introduction to Vulgar Latin - Course Information
ROMIIA101 Introduction to Vulgar Latin
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Iva Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts (50,00 %), Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts (50,00 %) - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 Zahraniční oddělení, Tue 10:00–11:40 C43, Wed 14:00–15:40 D41
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
ROMIIA101/LJ: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Mikulová
ROMIIA101/PJ: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Svobodová
ROMIIA101/SJ: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Buzek - Prerequisites
- Knowledge of basic grammar and lexicon of classical Latin as taught in courses Latin for Students of Romance Languages I, II (ROMIB001 and ROMIB004).
- 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
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- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide insight into the development of Latin during first centuries of our era, and to point to tendencies related to the development of Romance languages. Thus, the course gives students the opportunity to observe with their own eyes unique story of the change and vitality of the language. The starting point for the observation of the development towards Romance languages is Classical Latin, the essentials of which were acquired by students in their previous studies.
- Learning outcomes
- 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;
- show relation between selected Late Latin evolutionary tendencies and the development of the Romance languages (mainly Italian, and Spanish);
- explain some basic principles related to the development of language and language changes.
- Syllabus
- Vulgar Latin:
- Introduction.
- Concepts of Vulgar and Late Latin and their definition.
- Romanization and the Romance languages.
- Changes in the vocalic and consonantic systems.
- Nominal system: changes in declension, gradation of adjectives, changes in pronouns, origin of the article.
- Theory of grammaticalization.
- Verbal system: development of new forms (future, perfect), extinction of some classical forms, changes in verbal voice.
- Syntax: accusative with infinitive, quod clauses, absolute constructions, indirect questions, word order.
- Lexicon: semantic changes, Greek loan-words.
- Literature
- required literature
- PATOTA, Giuseppe. Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2002, 209 s. ISBN 8815086382. info
- recommended literature
- HERMAN, József. Vulgar Latin. Edited by Roger Wright. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, xiv, 130. ISBN 0271020016. info
- OSTRÁ, Růžena. Přehled vývoje románských jazyků. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1980, 130 s. info
- TAGLIAVINI, Carlo. Le origini delle lingue neolatine. Bologna, 1969. info
- MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny. 2. díl. (Basic Course of Latin. Volume 2.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 190 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6499-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
- MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny I (Basic Course of Latin I). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 402 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7039-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
- BILÍKOVÁ, Eva. Přehled latinské mluvnice : [pomůcka při výuce latiny]. Brno: MC nakladatelství, 1999, 63 s. info
- not specified
- MARAZZINI, Claudio. La lingua italiana : profilo storico. 3a ed. Bologna: Mulino, 2002, 553 s. ISBN 9788815086754. info
- Luca Serianni, Prima lezione di storia della lingua italiana, Bari, Laterza, 2015
- BRUNI, Francesco. L'italiano letterario nella storia. Bologna: Mulino, 2002, 229 s. ISBN 9788815113757. info
- BRUNI, Francesco. L'italiano : elementi di storia della lingua e della cultura. Torino: UTET Università, 1984, x, 527. ISBN 9788877501523. info
- Bookmarks
- https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FF:ROMIIA101!
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, work with selected examples taken from Late Latin texts - identification of selected language changes.
- Assessment methods
- Examination
Written test from both Classical and Vulgar Latin. In the Classical Latin part, the knowledge of basic Latin morphology, selected syntactic phenomena and basic vocabulary will be required (list of required grammar is found in the study materials). In the Vulgar Latin part, questions will focus on topics studied during the course. Students also will be asked to explain simple examples of evolutionary tendencies found in Latin texts. The written test will be completed with a brief oral examination.
Tasks during the semestr
Studens will be asked to work with online tests available in IS MU. If they obtain at least 75% of points in each of the tests and their exam score in Vulgar Latin part is between two marks, they will get a better mark. Be aware that the tests are not accessible only during a limited time span! - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: .
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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