LgBB08 Comparative Slavic etymology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Karlíková, CSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Květoňová
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – 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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course goal is, by applying etymological methods, to demonstrate on concrete examples the genetic relationship of Slavic languges in the area of phonology, word formation and lexicology.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to analyse and to demonstrate the etymological relativity of Slavic languages and to demonstrate their knowledges in the analysis of the given Slavic data.
Syllabus
  • 1. Dialectal split of proto-Slavic 2. Development of nasal vowels, yers. 3. Ways of classification of Slavic languages. 4. Slavic "Urheimat" 5. General characterization of Slavic languages. 6. Culturalhistorical and social developments on Slavic territories. 7. Charecterization of individual Slavic languages in phonology, morphology and lexicon. 8. Common relationships between Slavic languages. 9. Relationship between Slavic and non-Slavic languages. 10. Elementar lexical identity and non-identity in Slavic languages
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. ISSN: 1877-0495.
  • MACHEK, Václav. Etymologický slovník jazyka českého. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010. Fotoreprint podle 3. vyd. z roku 1971. 866 s.
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav and Adolf ERHART. K pramenům slov. Uvedení do etymologie. (Towards the roots of words. Introduction to etymology.). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006, 355 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1. ISBN 80-7106-858-6. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Staroslověnština v kontextu slovanských jazyků. Olomouc, Praha, 2006. info
  • Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského. Edited by Eva Havlová. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 316 s. ISBN 802000534X. info
  • KOPEČNÝ, František. Základní všeslovanská slovní zásoba. Edited by Eva Havlová. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1981, 483 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, drills, discussion.
Assessment methods
The student presents a paper on the subject of the lectures and writes an etymological analysis of one Czech word.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: Zápočet jen 2 kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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