UJA304 Historical Development of Ukrainian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Halyna Myronova, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 7:30–9:05 VP
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 subject of the course is all the changes that have happened in phonetic,morphological and syntactic systems of the Ukrainian language in various stages of its development, i.e. processes of constitution and development of the Ukrainian language from the ancient times to todays situation are studied, reasons causing these changes are revealed and place of the Ukrainian language among the other Slavonic languages is set.
Syllabus
  • 1. The subject and aims of Ukrainian historical grammar.
  • 2. Contacts of the historical development with other scientific subjects.
  • 3. The most important sources of studies of historical development of Ukrainian.
  • 4. Ukrainian and the other Slavonic languages. Common and different features of Ukrainian, Russian and Belarussian languages. Specific features of Ukrainian in phonetics, morphology, vocabulary and syntax.
  • 5. Origin and constitution of the Ukrainian language.
  • 6. Subject of studies of historical phonetics. Formation of phonetic system of Ukrainian.
  • 7. Extinction of jer in a weak position and change to o/e in a strong position.
  • 8. Consequences of extinction of yer in the phonological system of Ukrainian (vowel and consonant system)
  • 9. Change of o to i.
  • 10. Hardening of half-palatalized and soft consonants.
  • 11. Development of consonants zh, ch, sh, shch and ts.
  • 12. Change of l to unsyllabic u (orthographic v).
  • 13. History of bilabial sounds. Character of the old v. Origin of “f” sound.
  • 14. Prothetic features.
  • 15. Historical morphology. The subject and its aims.
  • 16. Nouns. Extinction of the old nominal declension and constitution of new types of declension of Ukrainian nouns.
  • 17. Pronouns – nouns. History of declension of personal, reflexive, interrogative, indefinite and negative pronouns. Parallels in endings of declension.
  • 18. Adjectives. Restriction of use of nominal forms in the old Ukrainian. Constitution of short forms of adjectives. Substitution of dual forms by those of plural. Loss of category of gender in plural forms.
  • 19. Development of numerals as a word class. Development of cardinal, indefinite, ordinal, collective numerals and fractions. Etymology of cardinal numerals. Cause of parallel endings in declension.
  • 20. Regular and irregular verbs. Forms of present, past and future tenses. Relation between categories of verbal aspect and tense. Imperative and conditional mood. Development of participles and verbal adjectives.
  • 21. Adverbs. Etymology of adverbs used most often in contemporary language.
  • 22. Auxiliaries. Origin of prepositions, particles and conjunctions. Thein classes and etymology.
  • 23. Origin of interjections and thein development.
  • 24. Historical syntax. The subject and its aims.
  • 25. Development of basic types of a simple clause in the old Ukrainian.Types of sentences.
Literature
  • Rusanivskyj V. M. Spivvidnošenňa literaturnoji movy i dialektiv etničnych hrup. / Funcionuvanňa i rozvytok sučasnych slovjanskych mov. Kyjiv 1991.
  • Istorija ukrajinskoji movy. Morfolohija. Kyjiv 1978.
  • Ševeljov J. Phonology of the Ucrainian Language. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverpag 1979.
  • Istorija ukrajinskoji movy. Syntaksys. Kyjiv 1983.
  • Pivtorak H. P. Dialektna sytuacija v Kyjivskyj Rusi. / Movoznavstvo 1993/2.
  • Žovtobrjuch M. A., Voloch O. T. ta inši. Istoryčna hramatyka ukrajinskoji movy. Kyjiv 1980.
  • Slyňko I. I. Istoryčnyj syntaksys ukrajinskoji movy. Kyjiv 1973.
  • Rusanivskyj V. M. Davňoruska mova: mif či reaľnisť? / Movoznavstvo 1993/2
  • Istorija ukrajinskoji movy. Fonetyka. Kyjiv 1979.
  • Peredrijenko V. A. Formuvanňa ukrajinskoji literaturnoji movy 18 st. na narodnij osnovi. Kyjiv 1979.
  • Pivtorak H. P. Ukrajinci: zvidky my i naša mova. Kyjiv 1993.
  • Tkačenko O. B. Rosijska ta cerkovnoslovjanska mova jak džerelo rekonstrukciji najdavnišoho periodu istoriji ukrajinskoji movy / Movoznavstvo 1993/2.
  • Meľnyčuk O. S. Rozvytok struktury slovjanskoho rečenňa. Kyjiv 1966.
  • Bevzenko S. P. Istorija ukrajinskoho movoznavstva. Kyjiv 1991.
  • Nimčuk V. V. Movoznavstvo na Ukrajini v 14 - 17 st. Kyjiv 1985.
  • Bulachovskyj L. A. Pytanňa pochodženňa ukrajinskoji movy. Vybrani praci u pjaty tomach. Kyjiv 1977, tom 2.
  • Filin F. P. Proischožděnije russkogo, ukrainskogo i bělorusskogo jazykov. Leningrad 1972.
  • JERMOLENKO, Svitlana Jakivna. Novyj rosijs'ko-ukrajins'kyj slovnyk-dovidnyk jurydyčnoji, bankivs'koji, finansovoji, buchhalters'koji ta ekonomičnoji sfery :blyz'ko 85 tysjač sliv. Kyjiv: Dovira, 1998, 779 s. ISBN 5-7707-9732-0. info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of lectures and seminars. There is an oral examination at the end of this one-semester course. Requirement to be allowed to sit for the examination is to submit a written paper two weeks prior to the end of the semester.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. Referat and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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