FF:PLDS12 General Linguistics - Course Information

PLDS12 General Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Prerequisites

no requisitions

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Introduction to the terms and methods of linguistics.

Syllabus

- information, communication, thinking, speech, - langue vs. parole - what is linguistics? - phonetics and phonology - morphology - lexicology, semantics - syntax - script & letters in the speech - languages classification - geographical, historical - languages typology - diachronic linguistics, etymology - history of linguistics - theory of "small linguistics" - sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics

Literature

ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info

Assessment methods

written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk