FF:SIJ05 Languages of the world - Course Information
SIJ05 Languages of the world
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- 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 - Prerequisites
- Nothing specific.
- 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
- Indo-European Comparative Linguistics (programme FF, D-FI4) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course informs about the basic strategies in classification of languages: typological, areal and genetic. On the basis of the genetic classification the survey of all language families or higher taxonomical units is presented, including the alternative models.
- Syllabus
- 1. Typological, areal and genetic classification of languages: differences in purposes. 2. Genetic clasification of languages, its principles and methods (qualitative vs. quantitative). 3. Models konvergence vs. divergence a jazyková příbuznost. 4. Survey of the standard language families and hypothetical higher taxonomic units: 4.1. Khoisan. 4.2. Kongo-Saharan. 4.3. Nostratic. 4.4. Dené-Sino-Caucasian. 4.5. Amerindian. 4.6. Austric. 4.7. Australian. 4.8. Indo-Pacific.
- Literature
- ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
- HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info
- KRUPA, Viktor, Jozef GENZOR and Ladislav DROZDÍK. Jazyky sveta. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Obzor, 1983, 507 s. info
- MEIER, Georg Friedrich and Barbara MEIER. Handbuch der Linguistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1979, xiv, 552. info
- GREENBERG, Joseph H. Language, culture, and communication : essays. Edited by Anwar S. Dil. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1971, xiv, 367. ISBN 0804707812. info
- GREENBERG, Joseph H. Language universals : with special reference to feature hierarchies. The Hague: Mouton, 1966, 89 p. info
- Teaching methods
- Individual study of recommended literature, plus sources for elaboration of grammatical description of five chosen languages representing various language structures.
- Assessment methods
- At least 50% in the final test is necessary for Bc.+Ms. students. The doctorands have to describe the grammatical structure of 5 languages according to their choice.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Ukončení zápočtem je možné pouze pro kredit typu C. Uděluje se na základě aktivní účasti při výuce.
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: přednáška + kontaktní hodiny.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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