KSCB030 Languages and language politics in China

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021

The course is not taught in Spring 2021

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpán Pavlík (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
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
The course presents overview of and complex information on languages spoken at the PRC territory.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
have a complex knowledge of the language situation in China
understand problems consequent upon the language politics in China
Syllabus
  • 1) Geografie jazyků v ČLR, administrativní členění
  • 2) Jazyková politika I – čínština
  • 3) Jazyková politika II – jazyk vs. dialekty
  • 4) Jazyková politika III – postavení nár. menšin
  • 5) Jazyková politika IV – úřední jazyky v autonomních celcích
  • 6) Jazyková politika V – postavení ostatních menšinových jazyků
  • 7) Altajské j.
  • 8) Tibeto-barmské j. I
  • 9) Tibeto-barmské j. II
  • 10) Tibeto-barmské j. III
  • 11) Tibeto-barmské j. IV
  • 12) Ostatní jazyky
Literature
  • Mair, Victor H. 1991. What Is a Chinese“ Dialect/topolect”?: Reflections on Some Key Sino-English Linguistic Terms. Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
  • Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com
  • Fu, Maoji. 1985. “Language Policies Toward National Minorities in China.” Anthropological Linguistics 27 (2): 214–221.
  • Wang, William. "Languages or Dialects?" CUHK Journal of Humanities 1 (1997): 54-62. Web. 25 Sept. 2009.
  • Cheng, Robert L. 1991. “Proposal of a Comparative Study of Language Policies and Their Implementation in Singapore, Taiwan and China (PRC).” Sino-Platonic Papers 27: 113–123.
  • LaPolla, Randy. 2010. “Language Contact and Language Change in the History of the Sinitic Languages.” Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 2: 6856–6868.
  • FAIRBANK, John King. Dějiny Číny. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 656 s. ISBN 80-7106-249-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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