FF:CJBB184 Language Typology - Course Information
CJBB184 Language Typology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 14:00–15:40 D31, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- Prerequisites
- The knowledge of basic English linguistics terminology (e.g., adjectives, determiners, case, number, aspect, sibilants, syllables, relative clauses, subject, object).
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 23/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Course objectives
- The main goal of this course is to provide the students with an overview of the basic topics, approaches and results of typological research into language structure.
- Learning outcomes
- The students will be able to:
- understand the basic concepts and methods of typological research
- interpret typological generalizations from the perspective of various theories
- develop and conduct their own typological research
- use online databases in order to verify linguistic univresals - Syllabus
- Basic issues in typology: is it possible compare languages, and if so, how?
- Greenberg's universals and what they can tell us about human language
- functional and formal approaches to language universals
- word-order universals
- morphological universals
- phonological universals
- tools in typology (WALS, Terraling)
- languages of the world
- Literature
- recommended literature
- SONG, Jae Jung. Linguistic typology. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, xviii, 512. ISBN 9780199677498. info
- Teaching methods
- The methods used include lecture, class discussion; reading assigned materials.
- Assessment methods
- For a passing grade, I require (i) attendance (2 absences allowed), (ii) a class presentation on a selected topic and (iii) passing the final test (one has to have at least 2/3 answers right to pass). The presentations and the final test will be in English just like the entire course.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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