FF:LgBB06 Italic and Romance languages - Course Information
LgBB06 Italic and Romance languages
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Spurná (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- each even Tuesday 12:00–13:40 G31
- Prerequisites
- The course is assigned for students of all philological disciplines.
- 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
- there are 53 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course consists of two parts. The first one is devoted to the ancient languages of the Apennin Peninsula and neighbouring islands, in the second one the modern Romance languages are descripted. To understand a continuity of development from Latin to Romance languages, including the role of substates and adstrates.
- Learning outcomes
- The students acquaint with the preclassic history of Latin, plus language history of all Roman world. They get a survey about mutual relations of all Romance languages, their distribution and importance.
- Syllabus
- 1. Survey of the ancient languages of the Apennin Peninsula and their classification. 2. Position of the Italic languages within Indo-European; their internal classification. 3. Epigraphic monuments of the languages of ancient Italy. 4. Spreading of Latin outside of Italy; development of Vulgar Latin. 5. Influence of the substrate languages (Etruscan, Osco-Umbrian, Iberian, Aquitanian, Celtiberian, Gaulish, Illyrian, Dacian) and the adstrate languages (Germanic, Slavic, Arabic). 6. Classification of the Romance languages and their survey: 6.1. Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalonian. 6.2. French, Occitan, Franco-Provençal. 6.3. Engadino, Sur- & Subselvan, Ladinský, Friulský. 6.4. Sardinian. 6.5. Italian. 6.6. Dalmatian; Istroromanian, Macedoromanian = Aromanian, Meglenoromanian, Dacoromanian & Moldovian.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- URBANOVÁ, Daniela & BLAŽEK, Václav. Národy starověké Itálie, jejich jazyky a písma. Brno 2008.
- ŠABRŠULA, Jan. Úvod do srovnávacího studia románských jazyků. Praha, 1980. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with presentations, independent and collaborative work in the ELF system.
- Assessment methods
- Written test in a computer room (score of 70% or higher required). To be admitted to the exam it is necessary to complete periodic tasks.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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