UZROMA01X Introduction to Vulgar Latin

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 30. 9. to Fri 14. 10. each odd Friday 9:10–10:45 G11, Fri 11. 11. to Fri 9. 12. each odd Friday 9:10–10:45 G11
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
Vulgar Latin:
The aim of the course is to provide insight into the development of Latin during first centuries of our era, and to point to tendencies related to the development of Romance languages. The point of comparison is Classical Latin acquired by students during their previous studies.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • sketch development of Latin in the fields of phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexicon with emphasis on Vulgar and Late Latin;
  • show relation between selected Late Latin evolutionary tendencies and the development of the Romance languages (mainly Italian, Spanish and French);
  • explain some basic principles related to the development of language and language changes.
    • Syllabus
    • Vulgar Latin:
    • Introduction.
    • Concepts of Vulgar and Late Latin and their definition.
    • Romanization and the Romance languages.
    • Changes in the vocalic and consonantic systems.
    • Theory of grammaticalization.
    • Nominal system. Changes in declination. Graduation of adjectives. Changes in pronouns, origin of the definite article.
    • Verbal system. Development of new forms (future, perfect), passive voice.
    • Syntax: accusative with infinitive, quod clauses, absolute constructions, indirect questions.
    • Lexicon: semantic changes, Greek loan-words.
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • HERMAN, József. Vulgar Latin. Edited by Roger Wright. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, xiv, 130. ISBN 0271020016. info
    • OSTRÁ, Růžena. Přehled vývoje románských jazyků. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1980, 130 s. info
    • TAGLIAVINI, Carlo. Le origini delle lingue neolatine. Bologna, 1969. info
    • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny I (Basic Course of Latin I). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 402 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7039-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny. 2. díl. (Basic Course of Latin. Volume 2.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 190 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6499-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • BILÍKOVÁ, Eva. Přehled latinské mluvnice : [pomůcka při výuce latiny]. Brno: MC nakladatelství, 1999, 63 s. info
    Bookmarks
    https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FF:UZROMA01X!
    Teaching methods
    Lectures and work with selected samples of Late Latin texts.
    Assessment methods
    Examination (Vulgar Latin)
    Written test from both Classical and Vulgar Latin. In the Classical Latin part, the knowledge of basic Latin morphology, selected syntactic phenomena and basic vocabulary will be required (requirements are based on the grammar and vocabulary studied in courses of Latin for Students of Romance Languages: https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/phil/podzim2015/ROMIB001 ; https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/phil/jaro2016/ROMIB004). In the Vulgar Latin part, questions will focus on topics studied during the course. Students will explain simple examples of evolutionary tendencies found in texts.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    Information on completion of the course: .
    The course is taught annually.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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