CJBA51 Historical Grammar of Czech - lecture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Březina (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 C11
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 95 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 27/95, only registered: 0/95, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/95
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to provide background for work in compulsory seminars of the same title. The phonological part follows the development of the phonological system from the split of Proto-Slavonic (10th ct.) to the present day. The period, circumstances, geographical range and causes of the individual phonological changes are observed in their mutual relations. The geographical range leads to the knowledge of dialectal differentiation. The morphological part follows the development of categories and forms during the whole period dealt with. Knowledge of the rules of development results into stating the dynamism of development of the present-day situation. Aims of the course: students will acquire a complex notion of the development of the phonological system of Czech and of the development of Czech declension and conjugation.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able:
- to identify main phonological and morphological processes/changes (forming of diphthongs, monophthongs, umlaut, vocal raising, palatalization, de-palatalization, assimilation, dissimilation, cyclic changes, reductions, grammaticalization, re-analysis, case syncretism),
- to apply these universally-functioning processes on the interpretation of phonological and morphological structure of Czech,
- to explain the period, circumstances, geographical range and causes of the individual changes,
- to interpret the present-day situation of Czech on the basis of its historical development,
- to explain the origin of Czech dialects on the basis of different geographical range of specific phonological and morphological changes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Stating periods of the development of Czech.
  • 2. The development of Czech phonological system.
  • 3. The development of Czech orthographical systems.
  • 4. The development of Czech declension (the declension of nouns, pronouns and the mixed declension during the one thousand years’ development of Czech).
  • 5. The development of Czech conjugation (Old Czech conjugation types; athematic verbs; the individual verbal forms during the one thousand years’ development of Czech).
Literature
    not specified
  • Lamprecht, A. - Šlosar, D. - Bauer, J.: Historická mluvnice češtiny, SPN 1986, s. 15-250.
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír, Adolf KAMIŠ, Karel KUČERA and Václav KŘÍSTEK. Malý staročeský slovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 707 s. URL info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. 2., nezm. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1970, xxx, 674. info
  • Gebauer, Jan. Slovník staročeský. D. 2, K-N [Gebauer, 1904, Unie]. Praha : Unie, 1904. 632 s. (2. vyd. 1970)
  • Staročeský slovník. Na-Přěpuščený. Praha 1968-2004 (slovníková hesla vycházejí postupně v sešitech).
  • http://vokabular.ujc.cas.cz/hledani.aspx
Teaching methods
The lectures have the form of the teacher’s explanations, to understand advanced topics more easily, students are supplied with detailed handouts.An electronic support of teaching in the form of an e-learning course is a part of the cour se - students are required to fill in exercises continuously during the term.
Assessment methods
It is necessary to complete the e-learning course to pass the colloquium (the minimum threshold is 75% of each theme).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
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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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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