FF:LJBcB04 Language and Writing: Italy

LJBcB04 Language and Writing in the Ancient Mediterranean (Italy)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2003

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Mon 14:10–14:55 30

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

Course objectives

Languages in ancient Italy during the first millennium BC.

Syllabus

Languages in ancient Italy during the first millennium BC; their geographic distribution and degrees of autochthony; the place of Latin within the Indo-European language family, the beginnings of writing in Italy; the spread of the Greek alphabet, Etruscan; other ancient Italian non Indo-European languages; the so-called palaeo-Italian Indo-European languages.

Literature

WACHTER, R. Altlateinische Inschriften. Bern, 1987. info
RAMAT, A. G. and P. RAMAT. Le lingue indoeuropee. Roma, 1993. info
VETTER, E. Handbuch der italienischen Dialekte. Heidelberg, 1953. info
PISANI, V. Le lingue dell`Italia antica oltre il latino. Roma, 1964. info
MEISER, G. Lautgeschichte der umbrischen Sprache. Innsbruck, 1986. info
CRISTOFANI, M. Introduzione all`etrusco. Firenze, 1991. info
VINE, B. Studies in Archaic Latin Inscriptions. Innsbruck, 1993. info
BURIAN, Jan and Pavel OLIVA. Civilizace starověkého Středomoří. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda. 549 s. 1984. info
PROSDOCIMI, A. L. and M. PANDOLFINI. Alfabetari e insegnamento della scrittura in Etruria e nell`Italia antica. Firenze, 1990. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.