FF:OJ404 Indo-European linguistics - Course Information

OJ404 Introduction to Indo-European comparative linguistics

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 8:20–9:55 C11bezkodu

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

• Classical Archaeology (programme FF, B-HI) (2)
• Classical Archaeology (programme FF, B-HS)
• Classical Archaeology (programme FF, M-HI)
• Classical Archaeology (programme FF, M-HS)
• Classical Archaeology (programme FF, N-HI)
• Classical Archaeology (programme FF, N-HS)
• Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI)
• Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
• Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI)
• Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, B-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, M-FI)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, M-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, N-HS)

Course objectives

Principles of comparative linguistics. Sketch of phonemic and morphonemic systems of Indo-European languages.

Syllabus

• Methods of Indoeuropean linguistics - comparative method of discovering of common origin of Indo-european languages(Bopp, Schleicher, neogramarians, structuralims) - reconstruction of phonemic system of IE - reconstruction of morphemic system of IE

Literature

• Gamkrelidze, T. & Ivanov, V. 1984: Indoevropejskij jazyk i indoevropejcy. Tbilisi. Mallory, J. & Adams, D.Q. 1997: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. London.
• BEEKES, Robert S. P. Comparative Indo-European linguistics : an introduction : Vergelijkende taalwetenschap : een inleiding in de vergelijkende Indo-europese taalwetenschap (Orig.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 90-272-2150-2. info
• ERHART, Adolf. DIE INDOGERMANISCHE NOMINALFLEXION UND IHRE GENESE (The Indo-Germanic Nominal Declension and Its Genesis.). INNSBRUCK: INNSBRUCKER BEITRAGE ZUR SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT, 1993. ISBN 3-85124-636-5. info
• ERHART, Adolf. Das indoeuropäische Verbalsystem. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1989, 170 s. ISBN 8021001895. URL info
• ERHART, Adolf. Indoevropské jazyky : srovnávací fonologie a morfologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1982, 260 p. URL info
• ERHART, Adolf. Studien zur indoeuropäischen Morphologie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1970, 183 s. URL info
• BRUGMANN, Karl. Kurze vergleichende Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen [Brugmann, 1904]. Strassburg: K.J. Trübner, 1904, xxviii, 77. info
• SCHLEICHER, August. Compendium der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen : kurzer Abriss einer Laut- und Formenlere der indogermanischen Ursprache, des Altindischen, Alteranischen, Altgriechischen, Altitalischen, Altkeltischen, Altslawischen, Litauischen un. Zweite, berichtigte, vermert. Weimar: Hermann Böhlau, 1866, 856 stran. info

Assessment methods

written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: Kolokvium jen pro studenty, kteří nejsou zapsáni na obecnou či indoevropskou jazykovědu.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk

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