CJJ26 Fundamentals of onomastics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Boháčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Pleskalová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 D41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture is focused on deeper knowledge of proper nouns. After the introduction, providing a theoretical basis for better understanding the presented topics, attention will be paid to elementary kinds of proper nouns (anthroponyms, toponyms, chrematonyms) and then to their types, i.e. to first names, surnames, nicknames, hypocoristics etc. (= anthroponyms), to place names, minor place names, names of streets etc. (= toponyms), to proper names of products, to names of social institutions, social phenomena tec. (= chrematonyms), mostly on the material of names occurring in the Czech Republic. All kinds of names will be presented as results of the previous development. Attention will also be paid to literary onomastics and to use of proper nouns in phraseology.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able:
- to get orientated in elementary issues of onomastic theory;
- to characterize the individual kinds and types of proper nouns within the kinds;
- to outline briefly their development; to get orientated in scholarly sources.
Syllabus
  • 1. Elementary issues of onomastic theory.
  • 2. Classification of proper nouns.
  • 3. Characterization of the individual kinds of proper nouns.
  • 4. The development of onomastics.
  • 5. The development of anthroponyms on the territory of the Czech Republic (12th to 21st ct.).
  • 6. The development of toponyms on the territory of the Czech Republic (12th to 21st ct.).
  • 7. The development of chrematonyms on the territory of the Czech Republic (12th to 21st ct.).
  • 8. Literary onomastics.
  • 9. Proper nouns in phraseology.
Literature
    required literature
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, Strana 110. ISBN 9788074224829. info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Vlastní jména osobní v češtině (Anthroponyms in Czech). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 95 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6938-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Rudolf. Úvod do obecné onomastiky. 1. vyd. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 191 s. ISBN 802102027X. info
  • ŠMILAUER, Vladimír. Úvod do toponomastiky : nauky o vlastních jménech zeměpisných. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1966, 231 s. info
    recommended literature
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Vývoj vlastních jmen osobních v českých zemích v letech 1000-2010. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2011, 204 s. ISBN 9788072948345. info
  • Kapitoly z dějin české jazykovědné bohemistiky. Edited by Jana Pleskalová - Marie Krčmová - Radoslav Večerka - Petr Karlík. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2007, 683 stran. ISBN 9788020015235. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Rudolf and Ivan LUTTERER. Zeměpisná jména v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku (Geographical Proper Names in the Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). 2nd ed. Havlíčkův Brod: Tobiáš, 2004, 317 pp. ISBN 80-7311-025-3. info
  • Pomístní jména v Čechách :o čem vypovídají jména polí, luk, lesů, hor, vod a cest. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 520 s. ISBN 80-200-0554-4. info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Tvoření pomístních jmen na Moravě a ve Slezsku. 1st ed. Jinočany: H&H, 1992, 151 pp. info
  • KNAPPOVÁ, Miloslava. Rodné jméno v jazyce a společnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1989, 204 s. ISBN 8020001670. URL info
Teaching methods
The lecture has the form of teacher’s explanations; if more difficult topics are dealt with, detailed handouts are distributed to students.
Assessment methods
seminar paper (10-20 pages)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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