BA121 The Fenno-Ugric languages from a historico-cultural perspective

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Hebedová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Hebedová, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 K23
Prerequisites
The course is intended not only for students of Baltic Studies, however, it demands at least basic knowledge of linguistic terminology and/or of a Uralic language. The optimal level is at least 2 semesters of Estonian or Finnish.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to name the languages of the Fenno-Ugric family and their relationships within it, then to express the base for defining such family, formulate the principles helping a language becoming a national language and evaluate a social, political and cultural position of a language. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: under which conditions might the Fenno-Ugric language family be defined?; how language phenomena correlate with cultural and historical phenomena?
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to describe the Uralic kinship and the history of the research, and sum up and compare the development of particular Uralic languages towards cultural and national languages.
Syllabus
  • The language family term and special features of the Fenno-Ugric language family. Historical evidences; character and content of the oldest sources. History of modern languages' rise. Characteristic features of particular language systems. Finnic languages: development and current situation. Standardization, language policy, revitalization.
Literature
    required literature
  • BLAŽEK, Václav and Michal KOVÁŘ. Z historie uralistiky II. (polovina 19. st. - současnost) (From the history of the Uralic studies (the half of the 19th century - present day)). Linguistica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, vol. 62, No 1, p. 155-179. ISSN 1803-7410. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • BLAŽEK, Václav and Michal KOVÁŘ. Z historie uralistiky – pionýrské období (9. stol. – 1850) (From the history of the Uralic studies - the pioneer period (9th cent. - 1850)). Linguistica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, roč. 61, č. 1-2, p. 273-292. ISSN 1803-7410. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • Planning a new standard language : Finnic minority languages meet the new millennium. Edited by Helena Sulkala - Harri Mantila. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, 2010, 210 stran. ISBN 9789522222275. info
  • The Uralic languages : description, history and foreign influences. Edited by Denis Sinor. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1988, xx, 841. ISBN 9004077413. info
    recommended literature
  • ROPPONEN, Ville. Uralské okno : esej o menšinách Ruska. Translated by Petra Hebedová. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2018, 221 stran. ISBN 9788074653087. info
  • The Finno-Ugric World. Edited by György Nanovfszky. Budapest: Teleki László Foundation, 2004, 548 s. ISBN 9637081011. info
  • The Uralic languages. Edited by Daniel Mario Abondolo. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998, xxiv, 619. ISBN 9780415412643. info
    not specified
  • PRAŽÁK, Richard. Josef Dobrovský. Hungarista a ugrofinista (Josef Dobrovský. Hungarologist and Finno-Ugrist). Kovář, Michal (ed.). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 122 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9266-2. info
  • DONNER, Kai. Na Sibiři mezi Samojedy. Edited by Anežka Melounová. V Praze-Podlesí: Dauphin, 2018, 331 stran. ISBN 9788072729630. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and homeworks - reading, essay
Assessment methods
Written test, an essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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