ROMIA051 Italic and Romance languages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Kurz je určen pro filology. Studenti obecné jazykovědy se v tomto kurzu přpojují ke studentům romanistických oborů.
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 consists of two parts. The first one is devoted to the ancient languages of the Apennin Peninsula and neighbouring islands, in the second one the modern Romance languages are descripted. To understand a continuity from Latin to the Romance languages, including the role of substrates and adstrates.
Syllabus
  • 1. Survey of the ancient languages of the Apennin Peninsula and their classification. 2. Position of the Italic languages within Indo-European; their internal classification. 3. Epigraphic monuments of the languages of ancient Italy. 4. Spreading of Latin outside of Italy; development of Vulgar Latin. 5. Influence of the substrate languages (Etruscan, Osco-Umbrian, Iberian, Aquitanian, Celtiberian, Gaulish, Illyrian, Dacian) and the adstrate languages (Germanic, Slavic, Arabic). 6. Classification of the Romance languages and their survey: 6.1. Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalonian. 6.2. French, Occitan, Franco-Provençal. 6.3. Engadino, Sur- & Subselvan, Ladinský, Friulský. 6.4. Sardinian. 6.5. Italian. 6.6. Dalmatian; Istroromanian, Macedoromanian = Aromanian, Meglenoromanian, Dacoromanian & Moldovian.
Literature
  • Šabršula a kol. 1962/80. Úvod do srovnávacího studia románských jazyků. Praha: SPN.
Teaching methods
The teacher introduces the linguistic and ethnic situation of the ancient Italy. After it the students present their own descriptions of various Romance languages.
Assessment methods
The final exam or colloquium is based on quality of the final study, devoted to the description of one of the Romance languages or comparison of two languages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Výuku zajišťuje Ústav jazykovědy pro všechny obory společně.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2025/ROMIA051