FF:OJ419 Caucasian Languages - Course Information

OJ419 Caucasian Languages

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.

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

• Hungarian and Finno-Ugrian Studies (programme FF, D-FI)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, B-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, D-FI)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, M-FI)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, M-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, N-HS)

Course objectives

The subject is focused on the Caucasian languages which contain about 38 languages spoken in and around Caucasus Mountains, between Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Special attention is focused also on isolated languages of Europe, eg. Basque etc.

Syllabus

• 1. Cultural and historical definition of the Caucasus territory. 2. Caucasian languages and their place among Languages of the World. 3. Abkhazo-Adyghian languages. 4. Nakho-Dagestanian languages. 5. Kartvelian languages. 6. Isolated languages on the territory of Europe, eg. Basque etc.

Literature

• Další literaturu k tématu lze vypůjčit v knihovně Ústavu jazykovědy.
• BLAŽEK, Václav. Some remarks on "A Comparison of Basque and (North) Caucasian Basic Vocabulary" by John D. Bengtson. Mother Tongue. Association for the Study of Language, 2000, vol. 5, No 1, p. 59-61. ISSN 1087-0326. info
• Towards a history of the Basque language. Edited by José Ignacio Hualde - Joseba A. Lakarra - R. L. Trask. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995, 365 s. ISBN 90-272-3634-8. info
• BLAŽEK, Václav. Basque and North Caucasian or Afroasiatic? In Komparative Afrikanistik (Gedankschrift für H.G. Mukarovsky). Wien: Afro-Pub, 1992, p. 21-30. ISBN není uvedeno. info
• KRUPA, Viktor, Jozef GENZOR and Ladislav DROZDÍK. Jazyky sveta. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Obzor, 1983, 507 s. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Kurs se skládá z přednášky a seminárního cvičení. Zakončení je formou kolokvia.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.

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