OJ514 Old and new languages of Balkan penisula

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 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
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 C11
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
The purpose of the course is to present the complex ethno- & glottogenetic situation of the Balkan peninsula, reconstructed on the basis of both archaeological data, literary sources, historical linguistics, and synchronical description of languages. Students should be acquainted with the extraordinary complex development of Balkan populations and their contemporary situation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Geographical and historical definition of the Balkan Peninsula. 2. Reconstruction of the language map of the Balkan based on witness of ancient sources. 3. Survey of Palaeo-Balkanian relic languages: Macedonian, Paionic, Epirotic, Pelasgic, Thracian, Getic & Dacian, Mysian, Dardanic, Illyrian, plus Phrygian and Messapic outside. 4. Survey of the modern nations of the Balkan, their languages and interference: Dalmatians / Vegliotes, Daco-Romanians & Moldovans, Istroromanians, Arumanians, Meglenoromanians; Slovenians, Croatians, Bosnians, Serbians, Macedonians; Bulgarians. Further: Gypsies, Germans, Hungarians, Turks, Gagauzes.
Literature
  • Price, Glanvile a kol. 2002. Encyklopedie jazyků Evropy. Praha: Volvox Globator.
  • www.ethnologue.com
  • Náhradní obsah: Šatava, Leoš. 1994. Národnostní menšiny v Evropě. Praha: Ivo Železný.
Assessment methods
The output consists in a written description of the grammatical structure of a chosen language and history of the territory, where this language is spoken.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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