CJQ009 Modern Czech Phonetics and Phonology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jarmila Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Zuzana Muchová
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 C11bezkodu
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJQ006 Qualifying Exam
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
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to acquaint the listeners with the basic of phonetics and phonology, in particular: with the basic definitions of the branch, with the specifics of written and spoken language, with general rules ot the Czech orthography and their realization in the text, with the rules of orthoepy etc. Learners have to manage with the phonetic and phonological analysis of the text (transcription) and defining of the Czech sounds.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. 2. Explanation of general definitions 3. Written and spoken language, general rules of the Czech orthography. 4. Orthoepy. 5. Phonetic transcription, its principles for the Czech language. 6. The classification of vowels, orthoepical problems of vowels. 7. Consonants, the classification. 8. Phonetic phenomena of continuous speech. Division of continuous speech, its means and consepuences. Stress. 9. The list of Czech phonemes, the methods of defining. 10. Alophones of segmental phonemes. Result of assimilation. 11. The phonological system of Czech, its relations. Correlation. 12. Phonological in Czech. 13. Morphonology in Czech. The seminar includes the explanation of definitions with the usage of individual reports of the students (every student once for a term, orally, in order to judge the level of his spoken language and draw his attention at some drawbacks). The reports are added by the teacher, the notes are used during the individual analysis of the texts. The seminar comes out from the literary language, it does not follow the dialectical or pathological pronunciation.
Literature
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Úvod do fonetiky a fonologie pro bohemisty (Introduction to phonetics and phonology for students of Czech). 2., doplněné. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2007, 194 pp. none. ISBN 978-80-7368-405-1. info
  • PALKOVÁ, Zdena. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny :s obecným úvodem do problematiky oboru. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 366 s. ISBN 80-7066-843-1. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and phonologie). 2. doplněné. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Eplortál, 2008, 215 pp. none. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie : zvuková stavba současné češtiny. 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 148 s. ISBN 8021013761. info
  • ROMPORTL, Milan. Výslovnost spisovné češtiny : výslovnost slov přejatých : výslovnostní slovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 318 s. URL info
  • PETR, Jan. Mluvnice češtiny. D. 1, Fonetika, fonologie, morfologie a morfemika, tvoření slov. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 566 s. info
  • HÁLA, Bohuslav. Výslovnost spisovné češtiny : její zásady a pravidla. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1955, 95 s. URL info
  • VACHEK, Josef. Dynamika fonologického systému současné spisovné češtiny. 1. vydání. Praha: Academia, 1968, 154 stran. URL info
  • HŮRKOVÁ, Jiřina. Česká výslovnostní norma. Praha: Scientia, 1995. ISBN 80-85827-93-X. info
  • Akademická pravidla českého pravopisu (Variant.) : Pravidla českého pravopisu [Academia, 1998]. info
Assessment methods
Lecture + seminar. Exam requirements: active attendance in seminar, attendance (max. 3 classes absent). At the end of semester there will be written colloquium – test. Students are supposed to demonstrate their practical knowledge of phonetic transcription, classification of Czech speech sounds and theory.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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