N2BP_1UJA Introduction into German Linguistic Studies (lect.)

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Timetable
Thu 14:20–15:05 učebna 1
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
This first theoretical linguistic input deals with linguistics as a part of philology and social sciences. It presents the history of linguistic research and attempts to describe language as an instrument of human communication (from the ancient Greek to structuralism and transfomational generative grammar), traditional linguistic disciplins (phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology, linguistic of discourse) and the latest methodology of linguistic research . the corpus linguistics. The students learn basic terminology in both czech and german.
Syllabus
  • Linguistics and its position in (social) sciences
  • Philology - a study of a language and its literature
  • History linguistics (from the ancient Greek scholars to structuralism of the 19th and 20th C.)
  • The scope of linguistics (Phonetics, phonology and morphology; Syntax and semantics; discourse analysis)
  • Czech and German terminology
  • Language types, Indo-European languages
  • German and its specific features
Literature
  • KÁŇA, Tomáš. Úvod do studia německého jazyka (struktura předmětu na PdF MU) (An Introduction into German Language Studies). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 44 pp. ISBN 80-210-3980-9. info
  • Úvod do studia jazyka. Edited by Jiří Černý. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1998, 243 s. ISBN 80-85839-24-5. info
  • ONDRUŠ, Šimon and Ján SABOL. Úvod do štúdia jazykov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1981, 313 s. info
  • SPĚVÁKOVÁ, Dana. Německá a česká lingvistická terminologie : (tematický slovníček). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 70 s. ISBN 8021007478. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. 1. souborné vyd. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1996, 517 s. ISBN 80-85885-96-4. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zkouška formou písemného testu. Okruhy: 1. Místo jazykovědy mezi vědními obory 2. Strukturalistický pohled na jazyk 3. Hlavní, vedlejší a pomezní jazykovědné discipliny 4. Fonetika a fonologie 5. Morfologie 6. Syntax 7. Lexikologie, lexikografie, sémantika 8. Textová lingvistika, stylistika 9. Dělení jazyků 10. Charakteristika němčiny (genetická příslušnost, typologie, hlavní morfologické, syntaktické a lexikální rysy)
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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