CJc515 Historical Grammar of Czech Language

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.8. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Svobodová, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc.
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 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 to explain the reflection of historical changes in contemporary Czech. Generalisation of the acquired knowledge for the definition of the basic natural relations of the language development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able: 1. to understand an Old Czech text; 2. to convert an Old Czech text into a Modern Czech version; 3. to explain Modern Czech phenomena as a result the historical development of Czech; 4. to define basic principles of the language development.
Syllabus
  • 1 The evolution of the phonologic system of Czech from the Common Slavonic language. The Czech reflexes replacing the Common Slavonic / Proto-Slavic sounds (nasal sounds, jers and others). Old Czech sound contractions. 2 Reading the Old Czech texts of the 14th and the 15th century. Comparison of phonological systems of the13th and 14th centuries. Sound changes occurring in the 14th century, its evidence in the texts. 3 Introduction to the grammar system of Czech in the 14th and 15th centuries. 4 Old Czech declension paradigms, their comparison with the Modern Czech paradigms. Declensions of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numerals. Old Czech conjugation, the classification of verbs into verbal categories. 5 The knowledge of the evolution of the Czech phonologic and morphologic systems is a way to understand the historical reasons of the contemporary language phenomena. 6 Syntactic phenomena in the Czech manuscripts from the 14th century. Study the evolution of conjunctions. Examples of the evolution of the most frequent conjunctions.
Literature
    required literature
  • KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny I (Historical Grammar of Czech). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 211 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6906-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. [Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Středisko pro pomoc studentům se specifickými nároky, 2001, 1 online. URL info
    recommended literature
  • PORÁK, Jaroslav. Chrestomatie k vývoji českého jazyka (13.-18. století) b. Edited by Václav [bohemista] Křístek. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 407 s., př. info
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír, Adolf KAMIŠ and Karel [bohemista] KUČERA. Malý staročeský slovník. Edited by Václav [bohemista] Křístek. 1. vyd. Praha, Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 707 s. info
  • VÁŽNÝ, Václav. Historická mluvnice česká. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1964, 198 stran. URL info
  • KOMÁREK, Miroslav. Historická mluvnice česká. Edited by Karel Horálek. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1958, 177 stran. URL info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, František. Historická mluvnice česká. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1956, 199 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Active analytical work of students in the analysis of Old Czech texts a in the interpretation of Old Czech linguistic phenomena, discussion of professional problems of the course. Personal participation in the online tutorial will be preferred.
Assessment methods
To successfully complete the course, students must: 1. pass a written exam where students freely formulate answers to questions. 2.submit a seminar paper/report on the assigned topic. Detailed requirements are published in each semester in which the seminar takes place in the Course Materials in IS, Learning Materials folder.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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