OJ447 Old languages of Silk Road II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course presents the Tocharian languages, their outer history and grammatical details. Then reading of selected texts follows. At the end of this course, students will be able to interpret some grammatical features and lexicon of Tocharian buddhist manuscripts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Discovery and characteristics of Tocharian manuscripts (their datings and localities). 2. History of the Chinese Turkestan and migration theories of Tocharians. 3. Interferences of Tocharian languages. 4. Alphabet. 5. Grammar. 6. Lexicon. 7. Reading of selected texts.
Literature
  • Malzahn, Melanie. (ed.). Instrumenta tocharica. Heidelberg. Universitätsverlag Winter, 2007. ISBN 978-3-8253-5299-8.
  • Schwarz, Michal & Blažek, Václav. Nástin tocharské historické gramatiky. Linguistica Brunensia. Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, A56. 2008. s. 33-58.
  • Pinault, Georges Jean. Introduction au Tokharien. Paris. Lalies, 1989.
  • Krause, Wolfgang & Thomas, Werner. Tocharisches Elementarbuch. I. Grammatik, II. Texte ung Glossar. Heidelberg. Carl Winter, 1960, 1964.
Assessment methods
Lectures, reading, description of a chosen topic and final colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009.
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