CJp001 Czech Language Phonetics and Phonology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Lollok, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students understand the phonetic aspects of the Czech language.
They are able to rewrite the sound implementation of the language into the phonetic transcription and to classify Czech sounds.
They are able to name and explain the phonetic means of fluent speech.
They learn the basic principles and orthoepy and ortofonie.
They understand the specifics of pronunciation of loan words.
They control the spelling.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- explain the audio component of human communication made with the help of speech organs.
- explain basic phonetic and phonological concepts, acoustic speech structure and comparison of spoken and written speech.
- use phonetic transcription, classify vowels and consonants, and describe the construction of the syllable.
- explain the principles of orthophony and orthoepy.
- explain the articulation of continuous speech and pronunciation in Czech (home, lexical), describe the variations of the pronunciation of phonemes in contextual speech, the sound construction of Czech.
- record language speeches without spelling mistakes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Phonetics and phonology as a linguistic disciplines.
  • 2. Relation between phonetics and phonology.
  • 3.-4. Phonological and phonetic transcription.
  • 5. Classification of sounds in Czech. Classification of vowels.
  • 6.-7. Classification of consonants. Phonological opposition.
  • 8. Phonetic aspects of fluent speech. Intonation, accent, melody.
  • 9. Spoken vs. written language.
  • 10. Standard pronunciation of home and loan words.
  • 11.- 12. Sound and graphic Czech composition. Czech spelling.
Literature
    required literature
  • GREPL, Miroslav. Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Zdenka Rusínová. Vyd 2., opr. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 799 s. ISBN 9788071069805. info
    recommended literature
  • ONDRÁŠKOVÁ, Karla. Zvuková stránka jazyka (Phonetics and Phonology). In Český jazyk. 1st ed. Praha: Grada publishing, 2012, p. 15-44. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-3358-6. info
  • ONDRÁŠKOVÁ, Karla. Fonetický přepis a klasifikace hlásek. 2nd ed. Brno: DUHA Press, 2009, 49 pp. ISBN 978-80-87061-27-5. info
    not specified
  • O'CONNOR, J. D. Phonetics: [a simple and practical introduction to the nature and use of sound in language]. London: Penguin, 1991. ISBN 014013638x
  • STRAKOVÁ, Helena and František KALANDRA. Jak psát bez chyb, aneb, I pravopis se dá naučit : přehledné a srozumitelné objasňování pravopisu ve výkladové části, texty na procvičení a upevnění správných jazykových návyků, klíč - diktáty. Vyd. 1. Brno: Cerm, 2011, 212 s. ISBN 9788072047338. info
  • HUBÁČEK, Jaroslav, Eva JANDOVÁ, Diana SVOBODOVÁ and Jana SVOBODOVÁ. Čeština pro učitele. Vydání čtvrté, upravené. [Odry]: Vade mecum Bohemiae, 2010, 375 stran. ISBN 9788086041377. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie. Čeština - řeč a jazyk. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 1996, 380 s. ISBN 80-85866-12-9. info
  • PALKOVÁ, Zdena. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny : s obecným úvodem do problematiky oboru. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 366 s. ISBN 8070668431. info
Teaching methods
Type of tuition: Seminar excercises focused on the culture of spoken and writen expression and basic of phonetics and phonology. Textual analysis: identification of the phonetic phenomena in the text, probleme method, controlled discussion.
Assessment methods
The final test, which will be carried out in the faculty: checking knowledge of phonetic and phonological transcription, classification of sounds and basic terminology from phonetics and phonology, including checking knowledge of spelling. The student must obtain at least 80% points in the test. The prerequisite for access to the final test is the fulfillment of the assigned intermediate tasks and tests.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
The students that are going to study abroad are no obliged to visit the seminaries. They may fulfill the prerequisite for access to the final test = intermediate tasks and tests after coming back from abroad. The final test they have to write, too. It is recommended to contact the teacher before leaving Czech Republic.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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