CJD23 Etymology - PhD lectures

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Karlíková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Helena Karlíková, CSc.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Petr Karlík, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:40 pracovna
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 5 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/5, only registered: 0/5, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/5
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to provide diachronically orientated Ph.D. students with information on etymology as a diachronic linguistic discipline, to introduce its methods, “rules” taken into account when reconstructing the development of phonology, morphology, word-formation etc.
Syllabus
  • 1) Characteristic features of the Indo-European community, of ancient and contemporary Indo-European languages 2) Root, stem, ablaut 3) Characteristics of the laws concerning sounds; types of sound changes 4) Word-formation: techniques using prefixes and suffixes; composition 5) Word-formation: techniques based on inversion 6) Characteristic features of semantic changes
Literature
  • ERHART, Adolf. Indoevropské jazyky : srovnávací fonologie a morfologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1982, 260 p. URL info
  • SZEMERÉNYI, Oswald John Louis. Einführung in die vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft. 4,, durchges. Aufl. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1990, xxv, 370 s. ISBN 3-534-04216-6. 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
Teaching methods
Lectures, student´s papers, discussion of some problems of etymology.
Assessment methods
During the term, each of the participants will carry out a presentation on some of the newly published works (the list will be available from the teacher). Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kurz se koná v pracovně na etymologickém odd. ÚJČ, Veveří 97, Brno.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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