Course: Dialectology

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Course title Dialectology
Course code KBO/4029
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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 subject field study, educational and study goals, specialized literature. 2. History of subject field, terminology. 3. Stratification of national language - place of dialect. 4. Structural and non-structural language systems. 5. Framework of Czech dialects. 6. Czech dialects in narrower sense I. 7. Czech dialects in narrower sense II. 8. Moravian and Silesian dialects I. 9. Moravian and Silesian dialects II. 10. Commonly spoken language - urban speech. 11. Slang, professional speech and argot I. 12. Slang, professional speech and argot II. 13. Lingual/Language geography.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Subject is aimed at deep familiarization with theoretical findings from the field of traditionally conceived dialectology, whereas stress is put on description of territorial differentness of Czech and its dynamics. Explanation offers detailed information also about another non-literary systems, semi-systems and existential forms of language (common Czech, slang, professional speech, argot, so called urban speech). Indiscerptible part of course are practical exercises which illustrates theoretical explanations (work with language maps and atlases, reading books of dialectal texts etc.).
Student can: characterize study subject (dialect) and history of subject field (dialectology); give an overview of systems, semi-systems and existential forms of language in custom approach and characterize frame of Czech dialects; analyse and describe basic dialectal differential characteristics (especially in confrontation to old developmental phases of Czech language and standard Czech language), analyse and describe distinctive characteristics of other non-standard systems, semi-systems. Student manages: to work with specialized dialectological production; on the bases of mentioned competence to use dialectological material (e.g. language atlases etc.) even for study of different disciplines; to write down dialectal text in simplified transcription, to work with an authentic language material, to work individually, to work under guidance.
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
  • Český jazykový atlas I-V. Praha: Academia, 1993.
  • Bělič, J. Nástin české dialektologie. Praha, SPN, 1972.
  • Bělič, J. Přehled nářečí českého jazyka (s mapkou). Praha, SPN, 1976.
  • Cuřín, F. a kol. Vývoj českého jazyka a dialektologie. Praha: SPN, 1964.
  • Cuřín, F. Jazyk, nářečí, místní jména, slangy. České Budějovice: Jihočeské nakladatelství, 1986.
  • Davidová, D. Kapitoly z dialektologie. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 1992.
  • Havránek, B. Nářečí česká. Čs. vlastivěda III. Praha: Sfinx, 1934.
  • Holub, Z. - Janečková, M. Úvod do české dialektologie. České Budějovice: PF Jihočeské univerzity, 1993.
  • Hubáček, J. Malý slovník českých slangů. Ostrava: Profil, 1988.
  • Hubáček, J. O českých slanzích. Ostrava: Profil, 1981.
  • Hugo, J. a kol. Slovník nespisovné češtiny. Praha: Maxdorf, 2009.
  • Chloupek, J. Aspekty dialektu. Brno: UJEP, 1971.
  • Karlík, P. - Nekula, M. - Pleskalová, J. (eds.). Encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Praha: NLN, 2002.
  • Lamprecht, A. a kol. České nářeční texty. Praha: SPN, 1976.
  • Suk, J. Několik slangových slovníků. Praha: Inverze, 1993.


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 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer