BA401F Finnish Language Structure Advanced Course I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Hebedová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 13:20–14:55 A43 stara
Prerequisites
The course is open for Baltic linguistics students of master degree 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
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the diachronic development of the linguistic system of the Finnish language. The course is meant as the 1st part of the 2-semestral course, which summarizes the historical development of the functional system of the Finnish language and socio-cultural aspects of it's use in Finland and abroad.
Syllabus
  • I. Overview of the grammatical and derivative system of the colloquial Finnish. II. The history of Finnish as the national language. III. Finnish as the national language in Finland and in the world, dialectical differences. IV. Self-reflection of the Finnish: most important grammars, most recent descriptions of the grammatical system.
Literature
  • Literaturu průběžně zadává vyučující
  • Sulkala et Karjalainen: Finnish. Routledge, London & New York 2002
  • A.Sauvageot: L'Élaboration de la langue finnoise. Paris 1973
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, reading.
Assessment methods
Students, who study Finnish as the main subject, must go thru a written and oral exam. Students with the Lithuanian as their main subject have to write a shorter written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020.
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