PV2B63 Historical Toponymy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Boháčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Helena Krmíčková, Dr.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Tue 16:40–18:15 C41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to provide students with information about toponomastics, i.e. with the discipline dealing with geographical proper names. At the end of the course the students should be able to define the differences among various types of geographical names, to be aware of their specific features and of the significance of toponomastics for linguistics and historical disciplines.
Syllabus
  • Intro: the elementary terms relating to toponomastics, i.e. to the discipline dealing with geographical proper names.
  • Toponomastics - the subject of its study.
  • The development of Czech toponomastics.
  • Classification of toponyms.
  • Sources of historical toponymic material.
  • The relation of toponyms and the history of local settlement.
  • The significance of toponomastics for the research concerning locations that do not exist anymore.
  • Street names.
  • Exonyms.
Literature
  • ŠMILAUER, Vladimír. Úvod do toponomastiky : (nauky o vlastních jménech zeměpisných). 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1963, 219 s. URL info
  • Pomístní jména v Čechách :o čem vypovídají jména polí, luk, lesů, hor, vod a cest. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 520 s. ISBN 80-200-0554-4. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Rudolf and Ivan LUTTERER. Zeměpisná jména v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku (Geographical Names in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). Havlíčkův Brod: Nakladatelství Tobiáš, 1997, 318 pp. ISBN 80-85809-50-1. info
  • ŠMILAUER, Vladimír. Osídlení Čech ve světle místních jmen. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1960, 391 s. info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Tvoření pomístních jmen na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Vydání první. Jinočany: H & H, 1992, 151 stran. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Rudolf. Úvod do obecné onomastiky (The Introduction to the General Onomastics). 1999th ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 191 pp. ISBN 80-210-2027-X. info
Assessment methods
The exam is in written form, if necessary, oral testing is used.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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