CJJ03 Introduction into the Study of Czech Language and Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJJ03/01: Fri 8:00–9:40 D22, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11., Z. Hladká
CJJ03/02: Wed 8:00–9:40 D22, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11., Z. Hladká
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 130 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 114/130, only registered: 0/130, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/130
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the students with an introduction to the study of language and communication and to prepare them for the linguistic study of Czech language. The lectures will focus on terminology and methodology of linguistic research, focusing on variety of possible approaches. The lectures use the background of general linguistics, stressing the specific view of Czech studies, when possible. The course also includes information about standard Czech and foreign linguistic works relating to the topics dealt with. In an independent work students gain the experience with natural language processing for corpus purposes and with elementary skills relating to scholarly communication.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able:
- to provide elementary characterization of language and communication;
- to demonstrate an overview relating to the historical development of scholarly interest in language;
- to describe Czech in accordance with genetic and selected typological classifications;
- to provide an elementary characterization of development and stratification of Czech;
- to use scholarly sources of propaedeutic and compendial character;
- to prepare a simple scholarly text on an assigned topic (using primary language material and scholarly sources).
Syllabus
  • Topics dealt with in the course include:
  • 1. Language, linguistics, main approaches towards language, methodology, terminology.
  • 2. Origin of language.
  • 3. Differentiation of languages in time, language contacts.
  • 4. Classification of languages according to genealogic and typological criteria.
  • 5. Verbal and non-verbal communication, models of communication, functions of language.
  • 6. Sign nature of language.
  • 7. Synchronic vs. diachronic approach to language, language as a functional system (Prague School).
  • 8. Development of scholarly investigations relating to language a) the classical period to the early 19th century, b) historic and comparative linguistics, c) structuralism, d) pragmatic turn in linguistics.
  • 9. Czech language: development, territorial and social stratification, present-day language situation in the Czech Republic.
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
  • ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 3., doplněné. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 341 stran. ISBN 8024601540. info
  • ČEJKA, Mirek. Úvod do studia jazyka (pro bohemisty ). (Introduction to the Study of Language (For Bohemists).). In Úvod do studia jazyka (pro bohemisty ). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1996. ISBN 80-210-1393-1. info
  • SKALIČKA, Vladimír. Typ češtiny. Praha: Slovanské nakladatelství, 1951, 96 s. info
  • DANEŠ, František. Český jazyk na přelomu tisíciletí. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1997, 292 stran. ISBN 8020006176. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. 1. souborné vyd. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1996, 517 s. ISBN 80-85885-96-4. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard. Vývoj jazykovědy po roce 1970. Translated by Jiří Nekvapil - Jana Holšánková. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1991, 303 s. ISBN 80-200-0312-6. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
  • U základů pražské jazykovědné školy. Edited by Josef Vachek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1970, 81 s. URL info
  • SALZMANN, Zdeněk. Jazyk, kultura a společnost : úvod do lingvistické antropologie. Translated by Zdeněk Hlavsa - Jaroslava Hlavsová - Vladimíra Šatavová. 1. vyd. Praha: Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku AV ČR Praha, 1997, 211 s. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures providing students with the opportunity to participate in discussions.
Assessment methods
To complete the course successfully, students must submit a work, the topic of which can be: a) to process a recording of spoken language for the Czech National Corpus, b) to process a material from correspondence for the Czech National Corpus, c) to analyse bad usage in present-day journalism, d) a topic chosen on the basis of a consultation with the teacher. The exam has a written form, the requirements being: knowledge of the basic terminology of the discipline and of topics dealt with in lectures, knowledge of the recommended sources, including the most significant Czech scholarly periodicals.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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