CJJ64 The Roman Jakobson Linguistic Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Radim Lacina, M.Sc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Radim Lacina, M.Sc.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Thursday 14:00–15:40 D31, except Mon 21. 4. to Sun 27. 4.
Prerequisites
Sufficient proficiency in academic English to understand the talks and engage in discussions.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives (in Czech)
The Seminar is a forum for exploring and discussing cutting-edge research in all areas of linguistics, including but not restricted to syntax, semantics, phonology, psycholinguistics and historical and computational linguistics. It provides a platform for getting acquainted with what current issues researchers from both abroad and the Czech Republic deal with in their investigations.
During the Seminar, which takes place every two weeks, talks from prominent established linguists as well as from junior researchers are given on topics of their contributions to the field followed by a discussion with the speaker. Faculty members are also in attendance and contribute to an exchange of ideas between the speaker and the students.
The Seminar is named in honour of Roman Jakobson, one of the founding members of the Prague Linguistic Circle, who became a professor at Masaryk University in 1933.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
The student will gain:
- An understanding of the areas of cutting-edge current research in linguistics
- The ability to engage in discussion with guests on their work
- The skill to succinctly summarise the content of scientific talks
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • The topics of the seminar cover the whole range of linguistics and depend on the roster of the speakers and their current research. The following areas of linguistics are included: syntax, semantics and pragmatics, psycholinguistics, phonology and phonetics, historical linguistics, computational linguistics
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Lectures, discussions
Assessment methods (in Czech)
In order to receive credit for the course, the students must attend the talks, engage in discussions by asking questions, and write a one-page summary of one of the talks given.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2026.
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