FF:PLA103 Slav. Lang. - Diachronic View - Course Information

PLA103 A Diachronic View of the Slavonic Languages

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Elena Krejčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Elena Krejčová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each odd Friday 9:10–10:45 128A

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

• Balkan Languages and Literatures (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Balkan Languages and Literatures (programme FF, B-HS)
• Bulgarian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Bulgarian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Croatian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Croatian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Macedonian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Macedonian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Polish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Polish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Russian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (3)
• Russian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Slovak Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Slovak Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Slovenian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Slovenian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Serbian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Serbian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Ukrainian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Ukrainian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The seminar introduces the student into Protoslavonic and Old Church Slavonic grammar using analysis of OCS texts. A part of the seminar material is an examination of Paleoslavonic and the development of individual Slavic languages, using examples from texts.

Syllabus

• Indoeuropean origin of Slavonic languages, Balto-Slavonic unity, pre-historical period of Slavonic languages, Slavonic linguistic unity and its disintegration, diachronic phonetics and morphology of Slavonic languages, comparison of the modern Slavonic standard languages.

Literature

• Pallasová, E.: Texty ke studiu jazyka staroslověnského. Brno 2004.
• Rehder, P.: Einführung in die slavischen Sprachen *Mit einer Einführung in die Balkanphilologie). Darmstadt 1998 (3. vydání).
• Poljakov, O.: Slavjanskije jazyky. Vilnius 1998.
• VEČERKA, Radoslav. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny [Večerka, 2002]. 5. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 112 s. ISBN 80-201-2961-7. info
• LAMPRECHT, Arnošt. Praslovanština. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1987, 196 s. URL info
• HORÁLEK, Karel. Úvod do studia slovanských jazyků. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1955, 487 s. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, seminar-meeting, discussion.

Assessment methods

To obtain credits, students must write an essay on a previously selected topic. The exam subject matter includes selected issues of historical and comparative Slavonic linguistics and an analysis of a selected Old Slavonic text. Students will have to demonstrate their knowledge regarding diachronic phonology and morphology of the pre-historical period of the Slavonica languages as well as in respect to the modern Slavonic languages, their classification and individual linguistic signs.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

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