OJ554 Practical exercises on Etymology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavla Valčáková, CSc. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 U14
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end the student will be able to make the etymological analysis on his own.
Syllabus
  • 1. Principles of methodology of etymology. 2. Specific form of word-formation. 3. Foreign word as an object of etymology. 4. Etymologisation of propria. 5. Specifics of etymology of dialectims and slang-words. 6. Outer corrections of the etymology of Slavic in the context of IE etymology.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Malkiel, Yakov. 1993. Etymology. Cambridge 1993. Cambridge University Press.
  • Erhart, Adolf & Večerka, Radoslav. 1981. Úvod do etymologie. Praha: SPN.
Teaching methods
Etymological analysis: lectures, class discussion, group projects.
Assessment methods
Independent analysis of a chosen thematic group of lexemes
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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