RSn094 Latin and Greek in Their Relationships to Slavonic Languages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bc. Vít Boček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Bc. Vít Boček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bc. Vít Boček, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 B2.34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is on the one hand to acquire the systematic knowledge of the first conceptions of the language realized by ancient Greeks and Romans and of the reflexes of their knowledge in the sphere of modern linguistics; on the other hand, the students will acquire the knowledge of how the ancient languages, Greek and Latin, playing the substantial part in the origin and development of the European culture, participated in the evolution of particular Slavonic languages. The students will be well informed about the extent of historical influence of the ancient languages in different levels of Slavonic languages.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the student will:
- have basic theoretical knowledge about Latin and Greek;
- have basic theoretical knowledge about writing of ancient Slavs;
- know about the way Greek and Latin reflected in singular Slavonic languages in different periods of their development and in different levels.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ancient Greek and the stages of its evolution.
  • 2. Greek alphabet. The pronunciation of words of Greek origin in Slavonic languages.
  • 3. Latin and the stages of its evolution.
  • 4. Origin of the Latin alphabet.
  • 5. Slavonic languages and the stages of their evolution. Basic classification of Slavonic languages.
  • 6. Slavonic script (Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabet): its origin and evolution.
  • 7. The oldest influence of Greek—lexical and syntactic influence on the Old Church Slavic and Church Slavic.
  • 8. The oldest influence of Latin—lexical borrowings from Latin and Proto-Romance in Proto-Slavic and Common-Slavic.
  • 9. Reflexion of Ancient languages in Slavonic vocabulary and word-building, the origin of international expressions in contemporary Slavonic and European languages.
  • 10. Influence of Latin and Greek syntax on Slavonic languages in Humanism.
  • 11. Balkan sprachbund (linguistic area).
  • 12. Conceptions of the language by Ancient Greeks and Romans.
Literature
  • BAUER, Jaroslav, Vliv řečtiny a latiny na vývoj syntaktické stavby slovanských jazyků. In: Syntactica Slavica. Vybrané práce ze slovanské skladby. Brno 1972, 47-67
  • BOČEK, Vít. Studie k nejstarším romanismům ve slovanských jazycích. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010. 180 s. ISBN 978-80-7422-013-5
  • Browning, Robert, Medieval and Modern Greek. Cambridge 1969.
  • Horálek, Karel, Úvod do studia slovanských jazyků. Praha 1962.
  • BURKE, Peter, Jazyky a společenství v raně novověké Evropě. Praha 2011.
  • Vařeková, Terezie, Humanistická perioda u česky píšících autorů. Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity A 48, 2000, 101-115.
  • Nechutová, Jana, Středověká latina. Praha 2002.
  • Bubeník, Vít, Hellenistic and Roman Greece as a Sociolinguistic Area. Amsterdam - Philadelphia 1989.
  • Vavřínek, Vladimír, Encyklopedie Byzance. Praha 2011.
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Latina a řečtina v slovní zásobě, gramatice a terminologii slovanských jazyků (Latin and Greek in the vocabulary, grammar and terminology of Slavonic languages). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 83 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5138-6. 2010. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Latina pro studenty východoslovanských jazyků (Latin for students of east slavonic languages). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 156 pp. ISBN 80-210-2345-7. 2000. info
Teaching methods
The theoretical part of the lesson contains the lecture on the influence of Greek and Latin in the vocabulary and grammar of Slavonic languages. The practical part of the course is focused on writing, reading and interpretation by the students of words and constructions of Greek and Latin origin in various Slavonic languages.
Assessment methods
Written test which examines the knowledge of basic notions and their relations (based on the lectures and recommended literature). Minimum pass level 60%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
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