LgBB03 Theory of the etymology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Karlíková, CSc. (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
Tue 8:00–9:40 K24, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 15/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to define the etymology, to apply its methods and to demonstrate the etymological relations of chosen words in Indo-European languages.
Learning outcomes
Having passed the course the student will be able: to differentiate and define the methods used by etymology; to account for the phonetic differences between related words from various Indo-European languages; to explain the fundamentals of genetic and elementary relationship; to recognize basic types of semantic changes; to reconstruct the Indo-European root on the basis of the historical-comparative method.
Syllabus
  • 1. What is etymology? 2. Etymon, etymological meaning. 3. Deetymologization. 4. Diachronic method. 5. Ie. vowel and consonantal system. 6. Laryngeal theory. 7. Elementar relationship. 8. Method "Wörter und Sachen". 9. Kalks 10. Principle of semantic paralels and analogical development. 11. "popular" etymology. 12. Semantic changes 13. Tabu, tabu antiphrease, noa.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VEČERKA, Radoslav and Adolf ERHART. K pramenům slov. Uvedení do etymologie. (Towards the roots of words. Introduction to etymology.). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006, 355 pp. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 1. ISBN 80-7106-858-6. info
  • ERHART, Adolf. Indoevropské jazyky : srovnávací fonologie a morfologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1982, 260 p. URL info
  • DURKIN, Philip, The Oxford Guide to Etymology. Oxford: University Press, 2009. 347 s.
  • Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. ISSN: 1877-0495.
    not specified
  • BEEKES, R. S. P. Comparative Indo-European linguistics : an introduction. Edited by Michiel Arnoud Cor de Vaan. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011, xxiv, 415. ISBN 9789027285003. info
  • The Oxford dictionary of English etymology. Edited by G. W. S. Friedrichsen - R. W. Burchfield - C. T. Onions. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966, xvi, 1024. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, drills, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Written examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies of the etymology.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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