OJ569 Languages of Siberia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022

The course is not taught in Autumn 2022

Extent and Intensity
1/1. 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
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – 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.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able to understand and explain the overview, history, relations and recent development of languages in Siberia. Lectures include systematic overview about language families, comments on conditions of present life in Siberia and projection of photographs.
Syllabus
  • 1) geography, population, 2) history and ethnic migrations, 3+4) Turkic languages I.+II., 5) Mongolic languages, 6) Tungusic languages, 7) Yeniseian languages, 8) Uralic languages of Western Siberia, 9) Samoyedic languages, 10) Eskymo-Aleut languages, 11) Chukchi + Koryak , 12) Nivkh + Yukaghir, 13) development of languages of ethnic groups in exile
Literature
  • Menges, Karl H. 1968. Die tungusischen Sprachen. In: Handbuch der Orientalistik, 5. Bd. Altaistik, 3. Abschnitt. Leiden - Köln: Brill.
  • Jazyki Azii i Afriki III: Paleoaziatskije jazyki [jukagirský, čukčo-kamčatské, eskimo-aleutské, nivchský] Moskva 1979.
  • Altajskije jazyki [turkické, mongolské, tunguzo-mandžuské, korejský, japonský; ainu]. Moskva 1993.
  • Janhunen, Juha (ed.). 2003. The Mongolic Languages. London – New York.
  • Jazyki mira: Paleoaziatskije jazyki [čukčo-kamčatské, eskymo-aleutské, ainu, nivchský, jukagirský, jenisejské, burušaskí]. Moskva 1997.
  • Johanson, Lars & Csató, Éva & Csato, Eva Agnes. 1998. The Turkic Languages. London & New York: Routledge.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final test or seminar paper within the range 10 standardized pages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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