IEDM02eng Methods of comparative linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
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 aim of the course to acquaint the student with the methodology of the structural linguistics, to put it in the context of the linguistic methodology in general and demonstrate its advantages.
Learning outcomes
Finishing the course the student will be: - familiar with the basic ideas of linguistic structuralism - able to choose a suitable methodology for the solving specific problems of linguistic analysis - able to apply them to solve these specific problems
Syllabus
  • Topics discussed: 1. Structural thinking as a method of a cognition 2. Semiotics and linguistics 3. Structure of the language and the language of the structure 4. paradigma and syntagma 5. elements and systems 6. Dynamics and stability of the language system 7. The theory of oppositions and the theory beyond the oppositions
Literature
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. O základech teorie jazyka. Translated by František Čermák. Druhé, upravené a doplněn. Praha: Academia, 2016, 216 stran. ISBN 9788020026095. info
  • MARTINET, André. Linguistique structurale, linguistique fonctionnelle. Edited by François Dhiver - Jeanne Martinet. Fernelmont: E.M.E., 2010, xix, 231. ISBN 9782875250926. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Writings in general linguistics. Edited by Carol Sanders - Simon Bouquet - Rudolf Engler - Antoinette Weil, Trans. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xxx, 336. ISBN 019926144X. info
  • KURYŁOWICZ, Jerzy. The young Kuryłowicz : a collection of articles. Edited by Wojciech Smoczyński, Translated by Axel Holvoet. Kraków: Poligrafix, 2004, 102 s. ISBN 8391709264. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Selected writings. 1, Phonological studies. Edited by Linda R. Waugh - Monique Monville-Burston. 3. ed. / with a new introduc. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2002, xcviii, 77. ISBN 3-11-017362-X. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Charles Bally - Albert Sechehaye - Albert Riedlinger - Tullio De Mauro. Vyd. 2., v nakl. Academia vy. Praha: Academia, 1996, 468 s. ISBN 8020005609. info
  • MARTINET, André. Élements de linguistique générale. Paris: A.Colin, 1991, 221 s. ISBN 2-200-32208-9. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Selected writings. 8, Completion volume one : major works, 1976-1980. Edited by Stephen Rudy. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1988, xvii, 685. ISBN 3-11-010379-6. info
  • AKAMATSU, Tsutomu. The theory of neutralization and the archiphoneme in functional phonology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1988, xxi, 533. ISBN 9027235376. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Selected writings. 7, Contributions to comparative mythology. Studies in linguistics and philology, 1972-1982. Edited by Stephen Rudy - Linda R. Waugh. Berlin: Mouton Publishers, 1985, xxiii, 405. ISBN 3-11-010617-5. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Selected writings. 3, Poetry of grammar and grammar of poetry. Edited by Stephen Rudy. Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1981, xviii, 814. ISBN 90-279-3178-X. info
  • KURYŁOWICZ, Jerzy. Esquisses linguistiques. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1975, 483 s. info
  • DE SAUSSURE, Ferdinand. Cours de la linguistique générale. Paris: Payothèque, 1972. ISBN 2-228-88942-3. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. La catégorie des cas : étude de grammaire générale. Edited by Eli Fischer-Jørgensen. 2., verbess. und mit den Kor. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1972, xii, 77. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Selected writings. Hague: Mouton, 1971, xii, 752. info
  • BLOOMFIELD, Leonard. Language. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967, ix, 566. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Selected writings. Hague: Mouton & Co., 1966, xii, 751. info
  • KURYŁOWICZ, Jerzy. Esquisses linguistiques. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1960, 310 s. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman and Morris HALLE. Fundamentals of language. The Hague: Mouton & Co., 1956. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Grundzüge der Phonologie. Prague: Cercle linguistique de Prague, 1939, 271 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, reading
Assessment methods
oral exam on given topics
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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