CJA002 Modern Czech Phonetics, Phonology and Orthography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jarmila Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJA002/A: Tue 9:10–10:45 U36, J. Vojtová
CJA002/B: Thu 12:30–14:05 U34, J. Vojtová
CJA002/C: Thu 14:10–15:45 U36, J. Vojtová
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 180 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/180, only registered: 0/180, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/180
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the elementary theoretical knowledge relating to phonetics and phonology and to teach them to apply the information on the present-day Czech material. Students are also supposed to learn phonetic and phonological analysis (transcription) of a Standard Czech text as well as the classification of Czech sounds.
Syllabus
  • The course offers a basic introduction to the sound structure of the language with regard to the basic components of synchronic description and on this basis provides a survey of elementary data relating to present-day Czech. Topics dealt with include: spoken and written language (including rules of Czech orthography, applied to specific texts); the sound structure of language and it graphic form (transcription, transliteration); articulation phonetics; acoustic and auditive phonetics; types of sounds; classification of Czech sounds; articulation of speech, prosody; sound changes in continuous speech; Czech orthoepic rules; phonology, phoneme, alophone; elementary phonological description of Czech; development of the discipline. Students must also be able to carry out phonetic and phonological analysis (transcription) of a Standard Czech text plus to prove their knowledge of the classification of Czech vowels.
Literature
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and Phonology). In Příruční mluvnice češtiny. 2nd ed. Praha: LN, 1996, p. 21-63. ISBN 80-7106-134-4. info
  • PALKOVÁ, Zdena. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny :s obecným úvodem do problematiky oboru. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 366 s. ISBN 80-7066-843-1. info
  • Československá akademie věd. Mluvnice češtiny. D 1 : Fonetika. Fonologie. Morfonologie a morfemika. Tvoření slov. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 566 s. info
  • HÁLA, Bohuslav. Výslovnost spisovné češtiny. výslovnost slov českých. Praha: Academia, 1967. info
  • ROMPORTL, Milan. Výslovnost spisovné češtiny : výslovnost slov přejatých : výslovnostní slovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 318 s. URL info
  • VACHEK, Josef. Dynamika fonologického systému současné spisovné češtiny. 1. vydání. Praha: Academia, 1968, 154 stran. URL info
  • Akademická pravidla českého pravopisu (Variant.) : Pravidla českého pravopisu [Academia, 1998]. info
  • Pravidla českého pravopisu :školní vydání. Edited by Olga Martincová - Z. Hlavsa - Z. Hrušková. Praha: Nakladatelství Pansofia, 1993, 383 s. ISBN 80-901373-6-9. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and phonologie). 2. doplněné. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Eplortál, 2008, 215 pp. none. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Úvod do fonetiky a fonologie pro bohemisty (Introduction to phonetics and phonology for students of Czech). 2., doplněné. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2007, 194 pp. none. ISBN 978-80-7368-405-1. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie : zvuková stavba současné češtiny. 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 148 s. ISBN 8021013761. info
  • HŮRKOVÁ, Jiřina. Česká výslovnostní norma. Praha: Scientia, 1995. ISBN 80-85827-93-X. info
Teaching methods
The course has the form of lectures accompanied by practical examples of phonetic as well as phonological transcriptions and of classification of Czech sounds.
Assessment methods
The course is completed with a written exam. The exam is focused on practical knowledge of phonetic and phonological transcriptions, on classification of Czech sounds and on basic theoretical knowledge from this particular field. N.B.: To take the written exam, students must successfully complete the dictation testing their practical knowledge of present-day codification of orthography.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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