FF:CJBB184 Language Typology - Course Information

CJBB184 Language Typology

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Maria Cortiula, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 12:00–13:40 D41

Prerequisites

The knowledge of basic English linguistics terminology (e.g., adjectives, determiners, case, number, aspect, sibilants, syllables, relative clauses, subject, object, ...)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-CJ_) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Czech Language with Orientation on Computational Linguistics (programme FF, N-FI)
• Czech As Foreign Language (programme FF, N-CJ_)
• Computational Linguistics (programme FF, N-PLIN_) (3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-CJU_) (3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)

Course objectives

The main goal of this course is to provide the students with an overview of the basic topics, approaches and results of typological research into language structure.

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to:
- understand the basic concepts and methods of typological research
- interpret typological generalizations from the perspective of various theories
- develop and conduct their own typological research
- use online databases in order to verify linguistic univrsals

Syllabus

• Basic issues in typology: is it possible compare languages, and if so, how?
• Greenberg's universals and what they can tell us about human language
• functional and formal approaches to language universals
• word-order universals
• morphological universals
• phonological universals
• tools in typology (WALS, SSWL, ...)
• languages of the world

Literature

recommended literature
• SONG, Jae Jung. Linguistic typology. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, xviii, 512. ISBN 9780199677498. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, discussion.

Assessment methods

For a passing grade, I require attendance (75 percent) and a class presentation on a selected topic. For the presentation, students read two articles and present their main findings to their fellow colleagues. The ideal presentation takes about 15 minutes and presents the most important information as clearly as possible.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
  
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