SLJAT02 Characteristics of Slavic Languages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Elena Krejčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Elena Krejčová, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – 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 lectures acquaint students with a deeper knowledge of Slavic studies as a discipline and with comparative Slavic linguistics, both diachronicly and in a synchronous plan. Knowledge about the grammatical structure of Old Slavonic and Proto-Slavic is deepening in comparison with the situation in contemporary Slavic languages.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to orientate in the issues of Slavic comparative linguistics, both in synchronous and diachronic plan.
Syllabus
  • 1. Slavonic studies as a scientific field
  • 2. Slavic comparative linguistics, historical-comparative method in linguistics
  • 3. Division of Slavic languages, specifics in grammatical systems of the Slavic languages
  • 4. Proto-Slavic and Old Slavonic.
Literature
    required literature
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny [Večerka, 2002]. 5. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 112 s. ISBN 80-201-2961-7. info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt. Praslovanština. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1987, 196 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • HORÁLEK, Karel. Úvod do studia slovanských jazyků. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1955, 487 s. info
  • Pallasová, E.: Texty ke studiu jazyka staroslověnského. Brno 2004.
    not specified
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Počátky slovanského spisovného jazyka : studie z dějin staroslověnského písemnictví a jazyka do konce 11. století. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1999, 103 s. ISBN 8085899604. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny. 5. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 112 s. ISBN 8021029617. info
  • Staroslavjanskij slovar' : (po rukopisjam X-XI vekov). Edited by Ralja Michajlovna Cejtlin - Radoslav Večerka - Emilie Bláhová. Moskva: Russkij jazyk, 1994, 842 stran. ISBN 5200011132. info
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav and Felix KELLER. Altkirchenslavische (altbulgarische) Syntax. Edited by Eckhard Weiher. Freiburg i. Br.: U.W. Weiher, 1989, 141 s. ISBN 3921940176. info
  • LAŠKOVA, Lili. Uvod v sravnitelnata gramatika na slavjanskite ezici. Sofija: IK "Emas", 2000.
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation - lecture, consultation, self-study.
Assessment methods
Knowledge is tested by a written exam, during which the student demonstrates the ability to analyze and compare the grammatical systems of all Slavic languages, taking into account the situation in Proto-Slavic and Old Slavonic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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