SIJ02 The Prague School of Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpokládá se ochota i schopnost číst lingvistické práce a promýšlet jejich teoretický aparát.
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
Historical circumstances and spiritual/intellectual connexions of Czechoslovak linguistics, with a particular respect to the Prague Linguistic Circle. The Prague School of Linguistics is defined as a large set of scientific texts, where a "center" and a "perifery" are distinguished. Selected texts from this set are read.
Syllabus
  • 1) Prague lintuistic circle and the Prague school 2) External history: personalities and institutions 3) European context: linguistics, literary science and semiotics 4) Centra-European connections: Brentano, Masaryk, Husserl. 5) Potentiality of linguistic phenomena. 6) Czech verse if compared with Russian verse: origins of phonology. 7) Morphonology and invariants. 8) Linguistic characterology. "Řeč a sloh" 9) Esquisse d'une sémiologie du théâtre. 10) Semantic gesture. 11) History of literature as scientific topic. 12) A holist description nof language. 13) Possibilities of further development.
Literature
  • HOSKOVEC, Tomáš. Pražský lingvistický kroužek 1997/1998 - 1998/1999 (Prague Linguistic Circle 1997/1998 1998/1999). Slovo a slovesnost. 2000, LXI, No 1, p. 159-160. ISSN 0037-7031. info
  • VACHEK, Josef. Prolegomena k dějinám Pražské školy jazykovědné. Vydání první. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 135 stran. ISBN 8086022129. info
  • Praguiana : some basic and less known aspects of the Prague Linguistic School : an anthology of Prague School Papers. Edited by Josef Vachek. Praha: Academia, 1983, xxxi, 321. info
  • Z klasického období pražské školy, 1925-1945. Edited by Josef Vachek. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1972, 75 s. info
  • Z klasického období pražské školy 1925-1945. Edited by Josef Vachek. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1972, 75 s. info
  • Stilistik und Soziolinguistik :Beiträge der Prager Schule zur strukturellen Sprachbetrachtung und Spracherziehung. Edited by Josef Vachek, Translated by Eduard Beneš. 1. Aufl. Berlin: List Verlag, 1971, xxvii, 133. ISBN 3-471-00696-6. info
  • U základů pražské jazykovědné školy. Edited by Josef Vachek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1970, 81 s. URL info
  • A Prague school reader in linguistics. Edited by Josef Vachek. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1964, 485 p. info
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Pouze pro doktorandy.
Credit evaluation note: Kreditovou charakteristiku pro konkrétní obor doktorského studia určí příslušný ústav.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2022, Spring 2025.
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