OJ514 Old and new languages of Balkan penisula

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristýna Dufková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jonáš Pospíchal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 15:50–17:25 G24
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
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 get orientation in ethno- and glottogenetic processes of both the ancient and modern Balkan.
Syllabus
  • 1. Geographical and historical definition of the Balkan Peninsula.
  • 2. Balkans in Prehistory – Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze age. Natural conditions. Review of important cultures that resided in Balkans. Arrival of Indo-Europeans.
  • 3. Antiquity until Christian era. History of Paleo-Balkan nations, review of their ethnical space and languages: Dacian, Thracian, Illyrian, Paionian, Greek, Messapian, Phrygian, Liburnian. Role of Greek language and civilisation. Non-Balkan languages in Balkans.
  • 4. History of Balkans from 0 AD to High Middle Ages. Roman empire and Balkans. Influence of Latin on Paleo-Balkan languages and their speakers. Language situation on the peninsula in Late Antiquity. Migration period and it consequences. Arrival of Slavs, creation and developement of their states. Religion on Balkans. Position of Romance-speaking inhabitants.
  • 5. Balkans under Osmans and Habsburks. Balkans between Byzantium and Holy Roman Empire. Invasion of Turks, downfall of Byzantium and creation of Osman dominion – social, linguistic and cultural consequences. Political history of Balkans from downfall of Byzantium to the 19. century. Social, cultural and linguistic changes in this period. Balkans on the eve of modern nationalism.
  • 6. Modern history of Balkans. Brief history of Balkans until present time. Role of language in nationalism in Balkans. Language situation on the peninsula in 19th and 20th centuries. Codification of standard languages. Developement of Albanian, Aromanian a Macedonian Languages. Language situation in Greece. Balkans after the fall of communism and dissolution of Yugoslavia – cultural, social and linguistic changes. Today’s ethnical and political conditions.
  • 7. Reconstruction of the language map of the Balkan based on witness of ancient sources.
  • 8. Survey of Palaeo-Balkanian relic languages: Macedonian, Paionic, Epirotic, Pelasgic, Thracian, Getic & Dacian, Mysian, Dardanic, Illyrian, plus Phrygian and Messapic outside.
  • 9. Clasification of ancient dialects of Greek, formation of modern Greek.
  • 10. 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.
  • 11. Presentations
Literature
  • Solta, Georg R. 1980. Einführung in die Balkanlinguistik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Substrats und des Balkanlateinischen. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung.
  • Gramelová, Lucie et al. Arumunština. Praha: Jaroslav Gramel, 2012. 138 s. ISBN 978-80-904744-4-4.
  • Price, Glanvile a kol. 2002. Encyklopedie jazyků Evropy. Praha: Volvox Globator.
  • Gramelová, Lucie. Mluvnice albánštiny. V Tribunu EU vyd. 1. Brno: Tribun EU, 2008. 78 s. Knihovnicka.cz. ISBN 978-80-7399-585-0.
  • Šatava, Leoš. 1994. Národnostní menšiny v Evropě. Praha: Ivo Železný.
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Staroslověnská etapa českého písemnictví (The Old Church Slavonic stage of Czech literature). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010, 176 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1. ISBN 978-80-7422-044-9. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. 2. vyd. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2009, 758 s. ISBN 9788071063759. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Jazyky v komparaci 2: Charakteristiky současných slovanských jazyků v historickém kontextu (Languages in comparison, Vol. 2 (Characteristics of Slavonic Languages in historical context.)). Praha: Euroslavica, 2009, 148 pp. ISBN 978-80-85494-87-7. info
  • ŠLOSAR, Dušan, Radoslav VEČERKA, Jan DVOŘÁK and Petr MALČÍK. Spisovný jazyk v dějinách české společnosti (Literary language in history of Czech society). Vyd. 3., opr. a dopl. Brno: Host, 2009, 178 pp. 418. ISBN 978-80-7294-311-1. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Jazyky v komparaci 1: Nástin české jazykovědné slavistiky v mezinárodním kontextu (Languages in comparison, Vol. 1 (Slavonic studies in Czech and international context)). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 253 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1. ISBN 978-80-7106-575-3. info
  • TODOROVA, Marija Nikolaeva. Imaginarni Balkan. Translated by Dragan Starčević - Aleksandr Bajazetov-Vučen. 2. izd. Beograd: Knjižare krug, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 8675620543. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav and Adolf ERHART. K pramenům slov. Uvedení do etymologie. (Towards the roots of words. Introduction to etymology.). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006, 355 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1. ISBN 80-7106-858-6. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Staroslověnština v kontextu slovanských jazyků (Old Church Slavonic in the context of Slavonic languages). Olomouc; Praha: Univerzita Palackého; Euroslavica, 2006, 273 pp. Univerzita Palackého Olomouc. ISBN 80-244-0889-9. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny. 5. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 112 s. ISBN 8021029617. info
  • TODOROVA, Marija Nikolaeva. Imaginarij Balkana. Edited by Peter Vodopivec - Svetlana Slapšak, Translated by Špela Mihelač. Ljubljana: Inštitut za civilizacijo in kulturo, 2001, 401 s. ISBN 9619075447. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Počátky slovanského spisovného jazyka : studie z dějin staroslověnského písemnictví a jazyka do konce 11. století. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1999, 103 s. ISBN 8085899604. info
  • TODOROVA, Marija Nikolaeva. Imagining the Balkans. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, xi, 257. ISBN 0195087518. info
  • WEITHMANN, Michael W. Balkán : 2000 let mezi východem a západem. Translated by Jan Souček - Růžena Dostálová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996, 431 s. ISBN 8070211997. info
  • MAREŠ, František Václav. Makedonská gramatika. Skopje: Makedonská akademie věd a umění, 1994, 86 s. ISBN 9989-649-04-9. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Prehistorie a protohistorie řeckých dialektů. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1987, 182 s. URL info
  • ERHART, Adolf. Indoevropské jazyky : srovnávací fonologie a morfologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1982, 260 p. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions
Assessment methods
Presentation of a good quality paper and a final colloquium (test)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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