LJ105 Latin Grammar V

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
LJ104 Latin Grammar IV
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
Latin Grammar V is designed for students of major or completus study plan. The major part of the course focuses on use of verbal forms in indirect reported discourse, which in Latin is often much longer than in modern languages and in which specific verbal forms or constructions can appear. Besides that, students gain insight into heterogeneous group of comparative clauses, and functions of cases in simple clause.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- paraphrase the basic rules of Latin normative syntactic phenomena studied within the course (vide the syllabus of the course);
- translate clauses into Czech and Latin;
- analyze complex Latin sentences;
- explain the use of grammatical phenomena in Latin sentences;
- use synonymic constructions and explain differences in their meaning;
- describe essentials of theoretical framework used for research into Latin syntax in current Latin linguistics;
- sketch the system of Latin subordinate clauses and non-finite verb constructions;
- identify functions of individual cases.
Syllabus
  • Comparative clauses (quantifying and qualifying type, use of tenses and moods).
  • Indirect reported discourse with special attention paid to conditional clauses (general rules or rather tendencies in use of verbal forms, usual verbal forms found conditional sentences dependent on different types of predicates).
  • Introduction to semantic and syntactic functions of Latin cases (basic functions of Latin cases, comparison to Czech case system).
Literature
    required literature
  • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Syntax latinských vedlejších vět (Syntax of Latin subordinate clauses). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 498 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7207-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín, Eva KAMÍNKOVÁ and Bohumila MOUCHOVÁ. Cvičebnice latinské syntaxe. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1973, 80 s. info
  • PANHUIS, Dirk. Gramatika latiny. Translated by Lucie Pultrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2014, 281 s. ISBN 9788020023353. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Základní latinská mluvnice. 2. vyd., 1. vyd. v H & H. Praha: H & H, 1992, 297 s. ISBN 80-85467-91-7. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Josef M., František NOVOTNÝ and Josef SEDLÁČEK. Latinsko-český slovník. 1, A-K. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1955, 743 s. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Josef M., František NOVOTNÝ and Josef SEDLÁČEK. Latinsko-český slovník. 2, L-Z. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1955, 684 s. info
    recommended literature
  • PINKSTER, Harm. The Oxford Latin syntax. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xxxii, 143. ISBN 9780199283613. info
  • TRAINA, Alfonso and Tullio BERTOTTI. Sintassi normativa della lingua latina :teoria. 2. ed. Bologna: Cappelli Editore, 1993, 519 s. ISBN 88-379-0717-6. info
  • MENGE, Hermann. Lehrbuch der lateinischen Syntax und Semantik. Edited by Friedrich Maier - Thorsten Burkard - Markus Schauer. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2000, xxxviii, 1. ISBN 3-534-13661-6. info
  • Sintaxis del latín clásico. Edited by Olga Álvarez Huerta - José Miguel Baños Baños. 1a ed. Madrid: Liceus E-Excellence, 2009, 838 s. ISBN 9788498228441. info
  • BOTTIN, L., M. M. GIGLIOTTI and A. MARCHIORI. Lingua latina :teoria. 1. ed. Milano: Minerva Italica, 1997, 606 s. ISBN 88-298-1297-8. info
    not specified
  • Oxford English dictionary (Variant.) : The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Vol. 1, A-M : The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Vol. 2, N-Z. info
  • GREPL, Miroslav. Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2012, 799 s. ISBN 9788071066248. info
  • KARLÍK, Petr and Miroslav GREPL. Skladba spisovné češtiny [Grepl, 1989]. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 474 s. info
  • GREPL, Miroslav and Petr KARLÍK. Skladba češtiny. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1998, 503 s. ISBN 8071982814. info
Teaching methods
The course includes lectures and practice with focus on translating into Czech and Latin, analysis of the Latin clauses, and exercises designed to check comprehension of syntactic phenomena under examination. Students are also encouraged to discuss function of the use of forms and constructions and practise correct argumentation. Regular work at home is expected.
Assessment methods
The credit is awarded for passing the written tests. Several such tests are written during the course. Attendance to tests is obligatory. Class attendance is obligatory, students can be absent three times without providing an excuse.
Requierements for obtaining the credit (students have to fulfill all of them):
reach average success rate of at least 75% in all the tests;
reach success rate of at least 75% in the last test.
If students fail the tests, they have to pass a final comprehensive test (success rate of 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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