OJ326 Italic and Romance languages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The course is for philologists, but the specialization for Romance philology is not a condition. It starts with a detailed historical and geographical survey of the ancient languages of the Apennin peninsula plus the language of the earliest Latin inscription, in confrontation with classical Latin. The following part is devoted to the modern Romance languages - all in the form of lectures prepared and presented by students.
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
A survey of the languages of the Apennin peninsula, including the islands in neighborhood in antique and their position within the genetic classification of the Indo-European languages. Similarities and differencies between the languages of the Latin-Faliscan and Oscan-Umbrian branches. The process of creation of the modern Romance languages. Their survey.
Syllabus
  • ITALIC AND ROMANCE LANGUAGES Václav Blažek 1. The survey of the languages of Apennin Peninsula and neighbouring islands in ancient, medieval and modern time. 2. The position of the Italic languages among the Indo-European languages. 3. Similarities and differencies between Lation-Faliscan and Osco-Umbrian languages. 4. The language of the Old Latin inscriptions from 7th and 6th cent. BC. 5. Fragments of the Oscan and Umbrian languages. 6. Vulgar Latine in and outside Italy. 6.1. Substratal languages: Etruscan, Osco-Umbrian, Iberian etc. 6.2. Adstratal languages: Germanic, Slavic, Arabic. 7. Creation of modern Romance languages. 8. Classification of the Romance languages: 8.1. Ibero-Romance: Portugal, Gallego, Spanish, Catalonian. 8.2. Gaulish-Romance: Occitanian, French, Franco-Provencal. 8.3. Rheto-Romance: Engadino, Sur- & Subselvanish, Ladino, Friul. 8.4. Sardinian. 8.5. Italian, Dalmatian. 8.6. Balkano-Romance: Istro-Romance,Macedo-Romance, Megleno-Romance, Daco-Romance & Moldavian.
Literature
  • Souhrnná literatura není, jednotlivé konkrétní práce jsou zadávána v průběhu výuky.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška spojená se samostanou prací studentů, kolokvium na základě vlastní semnární práce.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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