OJ419 Finno-Ugric languages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 14:10–15:45 zruseno D21
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
Purpose of the course is to present all Fenno-Ugric languages, plus their closest relatives, Samoyedic languages, i.e. the complete Uralic family. Students should be acquainted with a survey of all Fenno-Ugric languages and their grammatical structures.
Syllabus
  • 0. History of research of the Fenno-Ugric languages. 1. Survey of the Uralic languages: 1.1. Laponské: jižní, Lule, severní, Inari, Skolt, Kildin. 1.2. Balto-Fennic Finnish, Karelian, Olonets, Veps, Lude, Livonian, Estonian, Ingrian, Votic. 1.3. Mordvinian. 1.4. Mari = Cheremis. 1.5. Permian: Udmurt = Votyak, Komi = Zyryan. 1.6.1. Hungarian; 1.1.6.2. Ob-Ugric: Khanty = Ostyak, Mansi = Vogul. 1.7. Samoyedic: 1.7.1. North: Nenets = Yurak, Enets = Yenissei-Samoyedic, Nganasan = Tavgy; 1.7.2. Selkup = Samoyed-Ostyak; 1.7.3. Kamasin; 1.7.4. Sayan-Samoyedic: Mator, Taigi, Karagaský, Koybalsan. 2. Sketsch of the historical phonology of the Fenno-Ugric languages. 3. Sketch of historical morphology of the Fenno-Ugric languages.
Literature
  • BLAŽEK, Václav. Indo-Iranian elements in Fenno-Ugric mythological lexicon. Indogermanische Forschungen. 2005, vol. 110, No 1, p. 160-183. ISSN 0019-7262. info
  • BLAŽEK, Václav. Toward the Fenno-Ugric cultural lexicon of Indo-Iranian origin. Indogermanische Forschungen. Berlin-New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2003, vol. 108, No 1, p. 92-99. ISSN 0019-7262. info
  • BLAŽEK, Václav. New Fenno-Ugric - Indo-Iranian lexical parallels. In Uralo-Indogermanica II. Materials of the 3rd Balto-Slavic Conference: Balto-Slavic languagues and problems of Uralo - Indo-European connections. Moskva: Institut slavjanovedenija i balkanistiki, 1990, p. 40-43. ISBN není uvedeno. info
Teaching methods
Teacher introduces the most important facts about all Fenno-Ugric and Samoyedic populations. Students presents their own descriptions of individual languages.
Assessment methods
Presentation of the grammatical structure of a chosen Uralic language and its written description.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: zápočet jen 2 kredity
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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