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UJA105 Phonetics and Phonology of Ukrainian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Oxana Gazdošová (lecturer)

Supervisor

PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies - Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Slavonic Studies - Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 14:10–15:45 D21

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Ukrainian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI)
• Ukrainian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce the basics of theory of phonetics and phonology and to teach students how to apply the knowledge in the contemporary Ukrainian. Student must be able to use phonetic analysis (transcription) of standard Ukrainian text and classification of Ukrainian sounds.

Syllabus

• 1. Phonetics, contents of the subject. Place of phonetics among linguistic subjects. General characteristics of sounds. Speech organs and their functions.
• 2. Classification of vowels and consonants.
• 3. Assimilation and dissimilation of consonants in speech flow.
• 4. Simplification of consonant groups.
• 5. Lenghtening of consonants.
• 6. Types of transcription (phonetic, phonemic), transliteration.
• 7. Phonology, contents of the subject. Place of phonology among linguistic subjects. Phonetics and phonology. Differences between phonetic and phonemic view of the language. Conception of „phoneme“ and its variants. Phonological schools.
• 8. Alternation of phonemes (vowels, consonants).
• 9. Euphony. Orthoepy. Pronunciation of words of foreign origin.
• 10. Phonetic segmentation of speech flow. Syllables and dividing words into syllables. Dividing words at the end of the line.
• 11. Intonation. Stress.
• 12. Alphabet and graphics. Relation between phonemes and letters. Principles of graphics. Spelling. Principles of Ukrainian spelling.
• 13. Use of soft character and apostrophe. History of Ukrainian spelling. History of Ukrainian graphics.

Literature

• Plušč, M. Ja.: Sučasna ukrajinska mova. Kyjiv 1994, s. 16 - 115.
• Sučasna ukrajinska mova, red. Hryščenko A. P.: Kyjiv 1993, s. 8 - 75.
• GAZDA, Jiří and Halyna Mychajlovna MYRONOVA. Úvod do jazykovědy v přehledech a cvičeních. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995. 89 s. ISBN 80-210-1259-5. info
• Loboda V. V., Skurativskyj L. V. : Ukrajinska mova v tablycjach. Kyjiv 1993. Tab. 16 - 27, s. 23 - 34, 176 - 181.
• Myronova, H.: Praktický kurs ukrajinštiny. Brno 1999.
• Ševčenko L. Ju., Rizun V.V., Lysenko Ju.V.: Sučasna ukrajinska mova. Dovidnyk.: Kyjiv 1993, s. 5 - 69.
• Tocka N. I.: Sučasna ukrajinska mova. Fonetyka. Orfoepija. Hrafika. Orfohrafija. Kyjiv 1984.
• Holovaščuk S. I.: Skladni vypadky nahološenňa. Slovnyk-dovidnyk. Kyjiv 1995.
• Sučasna ukrajinska mova, red. Ponovarev O. D.: Kyjiv 1997, s. 8 - 38.

Teaching methods

The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion.

Assessment methods

Completion: examination (written and oral part).
Requirements for completion: active attendance (maximum of three missed lessons), homework.

Language in which the course is taught

Ukrainian

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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