FF:OJD06 Language in society - Course Information
OJD06 Language in society
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2005
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc.
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
- English Language (programme FF, D-FI)
- Czech Language (programme FF, D-FI)
- Hungarian and Finno-Ugrian Studies (programme FF, D-FI) (2)
- German Language (programme FF, D-FI)
- General Linguistics (programme FF, D-FI) (2)
- Paleoslavic and Slavic Languages (programme FF, D-FI)
- Romance Languages (programme FF, D-FI)
- Russian Language (programme FF, D-FI)
- Indo-European Comparative Linguistics (programme FF, D-FI) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course deals with the basic terminology of sociolinguistics, with the stratification of Czech, with the phenomenons of urban speech, slang and other relating topics.
- Syllabus
- 1. What is sociolinguistics? 2. Functions of language within a community. 3. Attitudes towards language. 4. Language policy and language planning. 5. Stratification of the Czech language. 6. Language situation. 7. Common Czech (obecná č.) from the viewpoint of sociolinguistics. 8. Common spoken language. 9. Origins of common spoken language in an urban area/in a big city. 10. Language as an indicitor of a social group. Slang from the viewpoint of sociology. Contact of various cultures and its representation in language. 11. Bilingualism and diglossia and their manifestations in specific conditions. 12. Gender and language. Age and language. 13. Language spoken in the city of Brno - specification of the knowledge acquired.
- Literature
- Varieties of Czech. Ed. E. Eckert. Amsterdam/Atlanta, 1993.
- HUBÁČEK, Jaroslav. O českých slanzích. Vyd. 2., dopl. a přeprac. Ostrava: Profil, 1981, 214 s. URL info
- JEDLIČKA, Alois. Spisovný jazyk v současné komunikaci. Praha: Universita Karlova, 1974, 227 s. info
- KOŘENSKÝ, Jan. Komunikace a čeština. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H a H, 1992, 89 s. ISBN 80-85467-92-5. info
- MÜLLEROVÁ, Olga, Jana HOFFMANNOVÁ and Eva SCHNEIDEROVÁ. Mluvená čeština v autentických textech. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1992, 236 s. ISBN 80-85467-96-8. info
- Reader of Czech Sociolingvistics. Academia 1986.
- ŠVEJCER, Aleksandr Davidovič and Leonid Borisovič NIKOL'SKIJ. Úvod do sociolingvistiky. Translated by Jiří Kraus. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1983, 241 s. URL info
- SGALL, Petr and Jiří HRONEK. Čeština bez příkras. Vyd. 1. Praha: H & H, 1992, 181 s. ISBN 80-85467-29-1. 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
- SGALL, Petr. Variation in language : code switching in Czech as a challenge for sociolinguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1992, xii, 368 s. ISBN 90-272-1548-0. info
- TOWNSEND, CH.E.: A Deskription of Spoken Praque Czech. Ohio 1990.
- HORECKÝ, Ján. Spoločnosť a jazyk. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Veda, 1982, 106 s. info
- Další literatura je doporučována podle zaměření disertační práce.
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Pro absolvování předmětu zpracuje student esej/odbornou práci související s tématem disertace, kjtero odevzdá nejméně 14 dní před termínem kolokvia. Vlastní kolokvium má charakter rozhovoru o dané práci, při němž se ověří i znalost pojmosloví oboru a schopnost je samostatně aplikovat.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
Note related to how often the course is taught: přednášky, kontaktní hodiny.
General note: jen pro doktorandy.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: přednášky + kontaktní hodiny.
Credit evaluation note: určí ústav dle doktorského studia.
Information on course enrolment limitations: jen pro doktorandy
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2005, recent)
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