CJJ14 Vademecum of Czech

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Boháčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Klára Osolsobě, Dr. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jarmila Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Žižková, Ph.D. (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
Wed 14:00–15:40 D31, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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
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Course objectives
A profile course of the minor study plan of the M.A. study programme of Czech studies and of the study plan aimed at future teachers. Its aim is to present summarizing as well as advanced information on significant aspects of studying Czech language and on key areas of Czech studies from the linguistic point of view. Special attention is paid to topics dealt with within the research work carried out at the Department of Czech Language, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University and at partner sections of The Institute of the Czech Language of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., located in Brno.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able to:
- get orientated in issues of synchronic and diachronic description of Czech as a mother tongue (alternatively: as their other/foreign language), with the focus on topics within the research work carried out at the Department of Czech Language, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University;
- get orientated in selected linguistic sub-disciplines (e.g. in dialectology, onomastics, computer linguistics, teaching Czech as a foreign language);
- deal practically with more difficult issues of orthography and of language codification, they will be able to do so on the basis of work with recommended sources;
- work with traditional as well as with electronic handbooks and with other sources providing basic information on Czech;
- notice, on the basis of the acquired knowledge, points of interest in the language of everyday practical communication and to find their explanations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Czech in the language contact.
  • 2. Territorial differentiation of Czech, its dialectological reflection.
  • 3. Social and functional differentiation of Czech.
  • 4. Theory of the standard language.
  • 5. Czech and codification.
  • 6. History and present-day situation of Czech lexicography, dictionaries of Czech.
  • 7. Onomastics – the system and development of Czech proper names.
  • 8. Structure of Czech I
  • 9. Structure of Czech II
  • 10. Structure of Czech III
  • 11. Pragmalinguistics - speech acts, principles of dialogue, strategies of politeness.
  • 12. Computer and corpus processing of Czech.
  • 13. Language acquisition, teaching Czech as a foreign language.
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
  • Akademická příručka českého jazyka. Edited by Markéta Pravdová - Ivana Svobodová. 2., rozšířené vydání. Praha: Academia, 2019, 600 stran. ISBN 9788020029478. info
  • Balhar, Jan a kol. Český jazykový atlas 1–5; Dodatky. Praha: Academia, 1992 (dotisk 2004), 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005; 2011. V elektronické podobě: https://cja.ujc.cas.cz/
  • Český národní korpus dostupný z: http://ucnk.ff.cuni.cz/cs/
  • Literatura specializovaná na jednotlivá témata bude uváděna v doprovodných materiálech v ISu. / Sources focused on the individual topics will be provided in the accompanying materials in the information system.
Teaching methods
A series of lectures, discussions with students. There are e-learning study materials in ELF.
Assessment methods
The course ends with a colloquium passed on the basis of a discussion on a (previously drawn) topic corresponding with the contents of lectures and with topics for final state exams. The condition for joining this discussion is successful completion of the test in the e-learning environment, in which a set of questions from all presented topics will be automatically mixed for each student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
You can find more information in Information System in Study materials and here https://elf.phil.muni.cz/24-25/course/view.php?id=352
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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