OJ549 Introduction to interlinguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jan Havliš, Dr. (lecturer)
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
Fri 12:00–13:40 B2.23
Prerequisites
successful involvement of a student assumes a basic knowledge of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics.
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
main objective of the course is to acquaint students with the phenomena of interlinguistics and interlingua in sociolinguistic context.
Learning outcomes
at the end of the course students should be able:
to use these concepts for a deeper understanding of situations within a contact of speakers of different languages
to classify interlinguas according to their purpose and origin
to evaluate their function
to describe basic principles of auxiliary type interlingua construction
to analyse such a process from a point of view of their use.
Syllabus
  • 01: global & local language situation; ethnic languages and standardisation, L2 acquisition, language policy
  • 02: interlinguas; natural and constructed, typology and classification; natural interlinguas - pidgins and creols
  • 03: interlinguistics; definition & subject, its place in a system of science; connected fields of science
  • 04: history of interlinguistics I.; from so-called adamic language to universal and philosophical languages
  • 05: history of interlinguistics II.; from universal and philosophic languages to auxiliary languages
  • 06: history of interlinguistics III.; auxiliary languages, Schleyer & volapuk
  • 07: history of interlinguistics IV.; Zamenhof & esperanto, another contemporary projects of auxiliary languages
  • 08: history of interlinguistics V.; auxiliary languages - next generation, latino sine flexione, interlingua, occidental, novial, interglossa
  • 09: history of interlinguistics VI.; auxiliary languages - situation today; logical languages and other constructed interlinguas
  • 10: practical aspects of interlingua construction; why, what & how
  • 11: critical evaluation of basic interlinguistic concept; confronting its goals and results, practical possibilities of its future development
  • 12: model creation of an auxiliary constructed language; setting up goals, choosing resources, design & promotion planning
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BARANDOVSKÁ-FRANK, Věra. Úvod do interlingvistiky. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Nitra: SAIS, 1995, 126 s. ISBN 8096742507. info
  • Humphrey Tonkin, Esperanto, Interlinguistics, and Planned Language
  • Interlinguisticsaspects of the science of planned languages. Edited by Dan Maxwell - Klaus Schubert. New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989, vi, 348 p. ISBN 9783110886115. info
  • Klaus Schubert, Planned Languages: from concept to reality
  • BLANKE, Detlev. Interlingvistika : cesty k odborné literatuře. Translated by Miroslav Malovec. Vyd. 1. Dobřichovice: Kava-Pech, 2004, 69 s. ISBN 8085853698. info
Teaching methods
lectures of the course will be supported by a powerpoint presentation, which will be available as a PDF file; among the teaching methods, there will also be an analysis of interligua and demonstration of its construction; active participation of students will be quite important.
Assessment methods
a student will be evaluated based on an essay, containing elaboration of one of the following topics: i) description and analysis of a chosen natural interlingua (pidgin, creole), ii) description and analysis of a chosen constructed interlingua (auxlang), iii) outline of a critical construction of an interlingua, iv) outline of an use of interlinguistics in a study of natural language
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
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