FF:PLIN007 From Old Cz. to Modern Cz. - Course Information

PLIN007 From Old Czech to Modern Czech

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martin Březina (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Computational Linguistics (programme FF, B-PLIN_) (3)

Course objectives

The course is focused on an analysis of phonological and morphological levels of Old Czech texts. Work with transliterared texts, selected to cover significant stages of development of Czech, will provide students with the opportunity to apply in practice the knowledge gained from theoretical sources. The aim of the course is to understand main laws in the development of both mentioned language levels and to gain ability to reconstruct stages of development of phonological and morphological phenomena during the one thousand years of existence of Czech. The special focus is on linking earlier stages of development with contemporary Czech, as the knowledge of earlier stages will help students to understand better and to explain better the present-day situation of Czech, especially with regard to its irregularities and exceptions (e.g. alterations or morphological doublets).

Learning outcomes

Having participated in the course, students will be able:
to characterize the development of the Czech phonological system from 10th to the end of the 16th century;
to characterize the development of the Czech morphological system (especially Czech declension and conjugation);
to get orientation in basic literature of the field;
to interpret phonological and morphological analysis of Old Czech texts;
to transcribe Old Czech text.

Syllabus

• 1. The elementary terms: Old Czech, stages of its development. 2. Searching in Old Czech dictionaries. 3. Transliteration and transcription. 4. Development of the phonological system from the 10th century to the present day. 5. System of Old Czech declension - nouns. 6. and its development to the present day. 7. System of Old Czech declension - adjectives, pronouns, numerals. 8. and its development to the present day. 9. Verbal system in Old Czech. 10. Its development to the present day. 11. The systems of Czech orthography.

Literature

required literature
• LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 423 s. URL info
• BĚLIČ, Jaromír, Adolf KAMIŠ, Karel KUČERA and Václav KŘÍSTEK. Malý staročeský slovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 707 s. URL info

recommended literature
• PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Stará čeština pro nefilology (Old Czech for non-linguistically orientated students). Přetisk. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 149 pp. Masarykova univerzita. ISBN 80-210-2733-9. info
• GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. V Praze: nákladem České grafické společnosti Unie, 1903, xxix, 674. info
• GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. V Praze: nákladem České grafické akciové společnosti Unie, 1904, 632 s. info
• KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny - překlenovací seminář (Historical Grammar of Czech - bridging seminar). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 112 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6974-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
• KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny I (Historical Grammar of Czech). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 211 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6906-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info

not specified
• PLESKALOVÁ, Jana. Stará čeština pro nefilology. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 149 stran. ISBN 8021027339. info
• GEBAUER, Jan. Historická mluvnice jazyka českého. Edited by Miroslav Komárek. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1963, xii, 765. URL info
• GEBAUER, Jan. Historická mluvnice jazyka českého. D. 3, Tvarosloví, 1, Skloňování. 2. vyd., v NČSAV 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1960, 659 s. info
• GEBAUER, Jan. Historická mluvnice jazyka českého. Edited by František Ryšánek. 3. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1958, 555 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminar is based on analyzing Old Czech texts, students are required to prepare for the classes (to study independently concrete scholarly materials, including electronic sources, such as “Vokabulář webový” etc.).

Assessment methods

To receive the credits, a written analysis of a part of a transliterated Old Czech text is required, the specific tasks being: a transcription of the text, a phonological analysis of each word, giving the dates of its gradual changes from the Proto-Czech period to the present day and identification of all given forms of the inflectional parts of speech, including the development from the Proto-Czech period to the present day. Minimum pass level is 75 %.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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