CJp037 Chapters in Historical Grammar of Czech

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Svobodová, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Svobodová, Dr. phil.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
Students deepen and systematize knowledge from the area of word-making and syntactic. They will learn the basic theories and will be able to explain the etymological origin of the New Bohemian names of the cultural and historical realities in the basic vocabulary circuits. They will learn the development of the Czech language in connection with the development of the Indo-European and Praslovian languages, especially on the lexical level.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able: 1. to explain the etymological origin of the modern Czech words concerning culturally historical features in the basic areas of vocabulary (family, society, housing, eating habits, clothing, hygiene...); 2. to understand the development of Czech in the context following the Indo-European and Proto-Slavonic developments, especially in their lexical stage; 3. to define the object of interest of cognitive linguistics and to explain its methods, using chosen findings related largely to the Old Czech vocabulary.
Syllabus
  • 1. Medieval society in the Old Czech vocabulary; 2. Family and family affairs in the Old Czech vocabulary; 3. Housing, dwelling in the Old Czech vocabulary; 4. Clothing and eating habits in the Old Czech vocabulary; 6. Hygiene in the Old Czech vocabulary; 7. Offensive words, verbal aggression; 8. Time perception in Middle Ages and related lexicon; 9. Colours not only in the Old Czech vocabulary.
Literature
    required literature
  • NĚMEC, Igor and Jan HORÁLEK. Dědictví řeči. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1986, 468 s. info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 423 s. URL info
  • Slova a dějiny. Edited by Igor Němec. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1980, 324 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Grafická podoba staré češtiny (Graphical form of Old Czech). Krmíčková, H. et al. (ed.). In Querite primum regnum Dei. Brno: Matice moravská, 2006, p. 171-179. ISBN 80-86488-35-7. info
  • PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Stará čeština pro nefilology. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 149 stran. ISBN 8021027339. info
  • PAUL, Hermann. Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte. 10. unveränderte Aufl. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995, xiv, 428. ISBN 3484220058. info
  • VÁŽNÝ, Václav. Historická mluvnice česká. 2. vydání. V Praze: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1970, 202 stran. info
  • DOSTÁL, Antonín. Historická mluvnice česká. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 225 stran. info
  • BAUER, Jaroslav. Vývoj českého souvětí. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1960, 402 s. URL info
  • KOMÁREK, Miroslav. Historická mluvnice česká. Edited by Karel Horálek. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1958, 177 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
A lecture combined with subsequent discussions on the professional issues of the course.
Assessment methods
For successful completion of the course it is necessary: 1. to submit a seminar paper - a report on the assigned topic; 2. to study the assigned literature. Detailed requirements are published in each semester in which the lecture takes place, in the Study Materials of the course in the Learning Materials folder.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://is.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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