CJBA20 Personal Names in Czech

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Žižková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Pleskalová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 D31
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 10/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on facts concerning basic kinds of personal names used in our country. Attention is paid for example to the relevant theoretical background and to the development of the personal names from the Old Czech period to the present, including the analysis from the viewpoints of etymology and word-formation.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able:
to summarize the main features of anthroponyms;
to get orientation in main theoretical issues of onomastics;
to get orientation in relevant scholarly sources;
to characterize stages of development of anthroponyms in the Czech Republic
Syllabus
  • Personal names in the Proto-Slavonic period
  • Introduction to onomastic theory and types of anthroponyms
  • Development of onomastic focused on anthroponyms
  • Formation of anthroponyms
  • Anthroponyms during a millennium (10th-21st ct.)
  • Personal names in fiction
  • Personal names in phraseologisms
Literature
  • KNAPPOVÁ, Miloslava. Rodné jméno v jazyce a společnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1989, 204 s. ISBN 8020001670. URL info
  • KNAPPOVÁ, Miloslava. Naše a cizí příjmení v současné češtině. Liberec: Vladimír Tax az Kort, 2002, 256 s. ISBN 8023881736. info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Tvoření nejstarších českých osobních jmen. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 158 s. ISBN 80-210-1878-X. info
  • SVOBODA, Jan. Staročeská osobní jména a naše příjmení. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1964, 317 s. URL info
  • ŠRÁMEK, R.: Úvod do obecné onomastiky, 1999.
  • BENEŠ, Josef. O českých příjmeních. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 355 s. URL info
  • Knappová, M. Jak se bude Vaše dítě jmenovat? Academia, Praha 1996.
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, 1092 stran. ISBN 9788074224812. info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Vlastní jména osobní v češtině (Anthroponyms in Czech). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 95 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6938-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Vývoj vlastních jmen osobních v českých zemích v letech 1000-2010. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2011, 204 s. ISBN 9788072948345. info
  • Kapitoly z dějin české jazykovědné bohemistiky. Edited by Jana Pleskalová - Marie Krčmová - Radoslav Večerka - Petr Karlík. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2007, 683 stran. ISBN 9788020015235. info
Teaching methods
The lectures have the form of explanations provided by the teacher, accompanied by detailed handouts, if advanced topics are dealt with.
Assessment methods
Requirements for the colloquium: an overall knowledge of the topics dealt with.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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