FF:JSB101 Intr. to SouthSlavLang. Issues - Course Information

JSB101 Introduction to South Slavonic Languages Issues

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Basic presentation of South Slavic languages, their phonetics and phonology, grammar, vocabulary and process of standardization. South Slavic area has gone through an interesting century in terms of development to 7 standardized languages. Lectures will present students with differences between these languages and will also focus on similarities and how historical events influenced their standardization.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of South Slavic languages, have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of linguistics and comparative study of Slavic languages, and will be familiar with South Slavic grammar. Students of the Croatian language will get acquainted with the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, thanks to which they will be able to read Serbian texts, i.e. practically texts in the same language, only written in a different graphic system.

Syllabus

• 1. South Slavic languages and their place in Slavic languages.
• 2. Phonetic and phonological picture of South Slavic languages.
• 3. Grammar picture of North-Western subgroup of South Slavic languages (Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian language).
• 4. Grammar picture of South-Eastern subgroup of South Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Macedonian language).
• 5. Lexical picture of South Slavic languages.
• 6. Old Church Slavonic, South Slavic languages in the Middle Ages and in pre-standard era.
• 7. Standardization processes in South Slavic area in 19th century - Croatian and Serbian language.
• 8. Standardization processes in South Slavic area in 19th century - Bulgarian and Macedonian language.
• 9. Standardization processes in South Slavic area - Slovenian language.
• 10. Standardization processes in South Slavic area in 20th century - Bulgarian and Macedonian language.
• 11. Serbo-Croatian: relations between Serbian and Croatian in 20th and 21st century.
• 12. Serbo-Croatian: Bosniak and Montenegrin language separatism, issue of Bosnian and Montenegrin language and their link to Serbian and Croatian.

Literature

required literature
• KREJČÍ, Pavel. Přehled vývoje jihoslovanských spisovných jazyků (od 9. do počátku 19. století) (Development of South Slavonic Standard Languages - Overview (since IX. till XIX. Century)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 114 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6914-5. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
• KREJČÍ, Pavel. Lingvonyma v ústavách postjugoslávských státních útvarů (Chorvatsko, Bosna a Hercegovina, Srbsko a Černá Hora) (Linguonyms in the Constitutions of post-Yugoslav Countries (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro)). In Bogoczová, Irena; Nedomová, Zdeňka. Area Slavica 2 (Slovanské jazyky ve světle termínu). 1st ed. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2018, p. 23-39. ISBN 978-80-7599-008-2. info
• KREJČÍ, Pavel. Lingvonyma v ústavách jugoslávského státu (1918–1992) a jeho svazových republik (Linguonyms in the Constitutions of the Yugoslav State (1918–1992) and its Federal Republics). In Bogoczová, Irena; Nedomová, Zdeňka. Area Slavica. Ostrava: Filozofická fakulta Ostravské univerzity, 2016, p. 37-51. ISBN 978-80-7464-829-8. info
• VEČERKA, Radoslav. Jazyky v komparaci 2: Charakteristiky současných slovanských jazyků v historickém kontextu (Languages in comparison, Vol. 2 (Characteristics of Slavonic Languages in historical context.)). Praha: Euroslavica, 2009, 148 pp. ISBN 978-80-85494-87-7. info

recommended literature
• MALDŽIJEVA, Vjara - TOPOLINJSKA, Zuzana - ĐUKANOVIĆ, Maja - PIPER, Predrag: Južnoslovenski jezici: gramatičke strukture i funkcije. Beograd 2009.
• KREJČÍ, Pavel. Eight Fragments from the World of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin Languages. Selected South Slavonic Studies 1. Online. 1., elektronické vyd. Brno: Masaryk University, 2018, 152 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8992-1. Čítárna Munispace info
• STANOJČIĆ, Živojin. Gramatika srpskog književnog ǰezika. 1. izd. Beograd: Kreativni centar, 2010, 418 s. ISBN 9788677817572. info
• BOJ̌KOVSKA, Stoǰka. Opšta gramatika na makedonskiot ǰazik. Skopǰe: Prosvetno delo, 2008, 471 s. ISBN 9789989006627. info
• SILIĆ, Josip and Ivo PRANJKOVIĆ. Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika : za gimnazije i visoka učilišta. Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2005, 422 s. ISBN 9530400144. info
• TOPORIŠIČ, Jože. Slovenska slovnica. Čtvrté vydání. Maribor: Založba Obzorja, 2000, 923 pp. ISBN 961-230-171-9. info
• BOJADŽIEV, Todor, Ivan Kostadinov KUCAROV and Jordan PENČEV. Săvremenen bălgarski ezik : fonetika, leksikologija, slovoobrazuvane, morfologija, sintaksis : učebnik za studenti ot filologičeskite fakulteti i pedagogičeskite instituti. Sofija: Pet'r Beron, 1999, 654 s. ISBN 9544020365. info

Teaching methods

Lectures of contrastive character.

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught: every other week.

Teacher's information

To successfully complete this course, students of the Croatian specialization must master the Serbian Cyrillic. This competence will be tested by reading a selected Serbian text written in Cyrillic. This reading will be part of the oral exam.

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