CJJ60 History of Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Radek Čech, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Radek Čech, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will introduce key moments and periods in the development of linguistics from antiquity to the present.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- summarize the important features of the main periods in the history of linguistics;
- explain the relationship between historical knowledge of language and the historical context;
- critically evaluate the contributions and limitations of different linguistic schools
Syllabus
  • Antiquity
  • Interest in language in the Middle Ages
  • Linguistics from the end of the Middle Ages to the 18th century
  • Main trends in linguistics in the 19th century
  • Structuralism
  • Linguistics of the first half of the 20th century in the USA
  • Generative grammar and its developmental stages
  • Speech act theory, the communicative-pragmatic turn in  linguistics, discourse analysis
  • Psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics
  • Cognitive linguistics
  • Corpus and quantitative linguistics. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Literature
    required literature
  • SEUREN, Pieter A. M. Western linguistics : an historical introduction. Malden: Blackwell, 1998, xv, 570. ISBN 0631208917. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion, work with texts
Assessment methods
Course requirements: 1) regular attendance at seminars (max. 2 unexcused absences), 2) preparation for seminars, 3) passing the final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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