RJB422 Latin and Greek Grammar and Terminology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Žaža, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 8:20–9:55 B21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course contains on the one hand the information about the first conceptions of the language realized by ancient Greeks and Romans and about the reflexes of their knowledge in the sphere of modern linguistics; on the other hand the demonstration how the ancient languages, Greek and Latin, playing the substantial part in the origin and development of the European culture, participated in the evolution of particular Slavonic languages. The students obtain by this way the deeper knowledge about the degree of historical influence of the ancient languages in various spheres of each concrete language, above all about the Greek-Latin origin of many contemporary international expressions in various branches, especially in linguistics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ancient Greek and the stages of its evolution.
  • 2. Conceptions of the language by ancient Greeks and Romans.
  • 3. The Greek alphabet. The pronunciation of words of Greek origin in Slavonic languages.
  • 4. The origin of the Latin alphabet. The influence of the Latin declension on Slavonic languages.
  • 5. The reflexion of ancient languages in Slavonic vocabulary and word-building
  • 6. The origin of international expressions in contemporary Slavonic and European languages
  • 7. The inception of the theory of cases in Greek and Latin. The contemporary state.
  • 8. The functional use of particular cases in ancient and Slavonic languages I.
  • 9. The functional use of particular cases in ancient and Slavonic languages II.
  • 10. The influence of Greek and Latin on the evolution of verbal forms in Slavonic languages: periphrastic and reflexive forms of passive, pluperfect, 2-nd future, conditional.
  • 11. The structures with participles in Slavonic languages.
  • 12. The word-order in ancient and Slavonic languages.
  • 13. The traces of Greek and Latin in Slavonic period.
Literature
  • Bauer Jaroslav, Vliv řečtiny a latiny na vývoj syntaktické stavby slovanských jazyků. In: Syntactica Slavica, Brno 1972
  • Žaža, S.: K některým projevům vlivu antických jazyků na ruštinu a češtinu. SPFFBU E 36, 1991, s. 87-93
  • Horecký J., Fonologia latinčiny, Bratislava 1949.
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Učastije klassičeskich jazykov v processe innovacii slovarnogo sostava russkogo i češskogo jazyka. Brno/Boskovice: Albert, 2005, p. 9-16. ISBN 80-7326-058-1. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. K morfologické struktuře latinských jmen. Brno: MU, 2001, 6 pp. SPFFBU N 6-7. ISBN 80-210-2768-1. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Latina pro studenty východoslovanských jazyků (Latin for students of east slavonic languages). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 156 pp. ISBN 80-210-2345-7. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Konfrontační pohled na češtinu a ruštinu se zřením k vlivu latiny (The Confrontation View of Czech and Russian with Regard to the Influence of Latin.). In Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. Brno: MU Brno, 1999, p. 175-183. A 47. ISBN 80-210-2098-9. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Ruština a čeština v porovnávacím pohledu. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 122 s. ISBN 802102058X. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Ruština a čeština v porovnávacím pohledu. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 122 s. ISBN 80-210-2058-X. info
  • JIRÁČEK, Jiří. Adjektiva s internacionálními sufixálními morfy v současné ruštině v porovnání s češtinou. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1984, 166 s. URL info
  • JIRÁČEK, Jiří. Internacional'nyje suffiksy suščestvitel'nych v sovremennom russkom jazyke : (strukturno-sopostavitel'noje issledovanije). Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1971, 281 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The theoretical part of the lesson contains the lecture on the influence of Greek and Latin in the vocabulary, grammar and terminology of Russian, Czech and other Slavonic languages. The practical part of the lesson is aimed at writing, reading and interpretation by the students of words and constructions of Greek and Latin origin in Russian, Czech and other Slavonic languages.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a seminar. Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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