REBc13 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 A22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Znalost novořecké jmenné a slovesné morfologie alespoň v rozsahu předmětů Novořecká mluvnice I-II, základy lingvistické terminologie.
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 students with normative grammar of the Attic Greek dialect of the Classical period. The focus is placed on practice of grammatical phenomena, particularly morphological, existing in Modern Greek. The aim of the course is to present the old phase of Greek language to students and thus contribute to their better understanding of the development of Modern Greek language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: reproduce nominal and verbal paradigms studied within the course (vide syllabus of the course); explain grammatical rules studied within the course; recognize grammatical categories of the morphological forms studied within the course; understand the differences between ancient Greek and modern Greek;
to know the main stages of development in Greece;
have an overview of the Grammar system of ancient Greek;
to understand Modern Greek language phenomena from ancient Greek and to explain their development;
to know the most important spelling changes;
Syllabus
  • 1. The alphabet, pronunciation of Greek, diacritical and punctuation marks.
  • 2. Nouns: grammatical structure, o- and a-stems.
  • 3. Nouns: a-stems. Adjectivs.
  • 4. Verbs: grammatical structure, present tense.
  • 5. Present mediopassive participle, participle constructions.
  • 6. Asigmatic aorist, augment.
  • 7. Sigmatic aorist.
  • 8. Future.
  • 9. Pronouns.
  • 10. Third declension: stop, liquid, nasal stems.
  • 11. Adjectivs: comparative and superlative degrees.
  • 12. Aorist passive.
Literature
    required literature
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
    recommended literature
  • LIDDELL, H. G. and R. SCOTT. A Greek-English Dictionary. Oxford, 1951. info
  • HORROCKS, G. A History of the Language and its Speakers. London - New York, 1997. info
    not specified
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
  • VLACHOS, V. P. Ta rimata omala ke anomala tis archeas ellinikis. Gutenber Athina, 1990. info
  • RODRÍGUEZ ADRADOS, Francisco. A history of the Greek language : from its origins to the present. Leiden: Brill, 2005, xix, 345. ISBN 9004128352. info
Teaching methods
Interpretation of grammar, practicing (grammar exercises, simple translations), searching for the phenomena in the Modern Greek texts. An e-learning course with study materials (comparative tables of grammatical phenomena) and grammar practice tests is available.
Assessment methods
Students’ active attendance is necessary. Credits are obtained by passing a written test at the end of the period. The test consists of a translation of simple sentences from Greek into Czech, identifying verb forms exercise and a translation of verb forms (from and into Czech), searching for phenomena in the New-Greek text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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