BA_02 Introduction to linguitics for Baltic studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Nina Kapušová (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Nina Kapušová
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
NOW ( BA_01 Introduction to baltistics )
The course is open for Baltic-languaches students only!
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
Course objectives:
* to introduce students to the basic aims and methods of linguistics;
* explain the concept of a linguistic sign and teach students how to work with it;
* explain the differences between synchronic and diachronic methodologies in linguistics;
* teach students to actively use elementary concepts and methods of basic disciplines from phonetics and phonology through morphology and lexicology to syntax. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student is able to:
- understand language as a system of signs
- distinguish between the concepts of synchronic and diachronic methodology in linguistics
- know the basic terminology of linguistics
Syllabus
  • - information, communication, thinking, speech
  • - langue vs. parole
  • - what is linguistics?
  • - phonetics and phonology
  • - morphology
  • - lexicology, semantics
  • - syntax
  • - script & letters in the speech
  • - languages classification - geographical, historical
  • - languages typology
  • - diachronic linguistics, etymology
  • - history of linguistics
  • - theory of "small linguistics" - sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics
Literature
  • VAUX, Bert a Justin COOPER. Introduction to linguistic field methods. München: Lincom Europa, 1999. Lincom coursebooks in linguistics. I
  • How languages work : an introduction to language and linguistics / editor Carol Genetti ; assistant editor Allison Adelman ; contributors Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Ayla Applebaum, Mira Ariel, Claire Bowern, Mary Bucholtz, Wallace Chafe, Dorothy Chun, Patr
  • Fox, Anthony. Linguistic reconstruction : an introduction to theory and method. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
  • ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Written test consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions, minimum pass level 66 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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