Course: An Introduction to Slavonic Studies

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Course title An Introduction to Slavonic Studies
Course code KBO/4001
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Čajka František, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the study of the discipline, learning and study goals, professional literature. 2. History of the discipline, terminology. 3. Basic problematic areas of the development of Indo-European language and Proto-Slavonic. 4. Indo-European language family, ablaut. 5. Differentiation of Indo-European language family, Balto-Slavonic area. 6. Slavonic protolanguage - Proto-Slavonic. 7. Basic tendencies in the development of Proto-Slavonic. 8. Law of open syllables. 9. Formation of nasals, monophthongization of diphthongs, prosthetic effects. 10. Tendency of palatalization - velar palatalization. 11. Changes of sounds before jotace, umlauts of vocals. 12. Prosodic features and its development. 13. Differentiation of Slavonic protolanguage - phonological and morphological plan. 14. Decay of Slavonic linguistic unity.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
This subject explains language phenomenon of Slavonic languages, especially in comparative point of view. Lectures will focus on problems of differentiation of Indo-European language family, separation of Slavonic language area, the oldest Slavonic language (Proto-Slavonic) and on expression of basic tendencies in its phonological and morphological system. A cultural-historical overview of the oldest Slavonic history will be discuss too.
Students know basic information about the oldest Slavonic history (from the Indo-European basis to the end of Early Middle Ages - to the formation of the Czech language and other Slavonic national languages; can give an overview of the subject history; can characterize foundation of the Slavs (ethnogenesis and question of so. Slavonic homeland) and their further development; can give coherent overview of the formation and development of the oldest Slavonic language - Proto-Slavonic, describe and analyze Proto-Slavonic language features and its responses in Slavonic national languages (esp. in the Czech language). Acquired knowledge is important for studying further disciplines (Historical Grammar of the Czech Language, Old Slavonic and Dialectology) because of its general Slavonic character. Student can orientate in older and present Slavonic professional literature; can work with professional Slavonic production (esp. philologically oriented), can work with lexicographical handbooks (for example with dictionaries); can analyze material on the basis of lexicographical handbooks from the etymological point of view, can find originally Proto-Slavonic phenomena in younger Slavonic languages (inter alia in the Old Czech language and Czech dialects and in the Old Slavonic); can work independently and under the leadership.
Prerequisites
knowledge of the field on the level of GCSE exam knowledge of disciplines connected to the central domain of study knowledge of appropriate terminology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
attendance activity presentation test
Recommended literature
  • Breton R. Atlas jazyků světa: soužití v křehké rovnováze. Praha: Albatros. 2007.
  • Erhart A. Indoevropské jazyky. Praha: Academia. 1982.
  • HAVLOVÁ, E. (ed.). Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského. Academia, Praha, 1989.
  • Horálek, K. Úvod do studia slovanských jazyků. Praha, 1962.
  • Karlík, P. - Nekula, M. Encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Praha: NLN, 2002.
  • Lamprecht, A. Úvod do studia slovanských jazyků. Brno: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, 1986.
  • Machek, V. Etymologický slovník jazyka českého. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny. Brno. 1997.
  • Petr, J. Základy slavistiky. Praha, 1984.
  • Price, Glanville a kol. Encyklopedie jazyků Evropy. Praha: Globatour, 2002.
  • Večerka R. a kolektiv. K pramenům slov. Uvedení do etymologie. Praha. 2006.
  • Večerka, R. Počátky slovanského spisovného jazyka. Praha.
  • Večerka, R. Staroslověnština v kontextu slovanských jazyků. Olomouc - Praha, 2006.
  • Večerka, R. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny. Brno: FF MU, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter