FF:OJ421 Languages of Asia - Course Information

OJ421 Languages of Asia

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.

Prerequisites

no aquisitions

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

• General Linguistics (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, B-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, D-FI)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, M-FI)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, M-HS)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• General Linguistics (programme FF, N-HS)
• Indo-European Comparative Linguistics (programme FF, D-FI)

Course objectives

India and its geographical, lingvistical, cultural and historical background.

Syllabus

• - geographical and political borders of India - "Greater India" - religion and Indian selfconsiousness - non indo-european and indo-european languages of India - old cultural languages of India (sanskrit and prakrits) - "invasion" languages of India (Persic and Arabic) - towards modern languages (based on Hindi model) - sociolinquistical relations of Indian languages

Literature

• ZBAVITEL, Dušan. Bohové s lotosovýma očima : hinduistické mýty v indické literatuře tří tisíciletí. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 455 s. ISBN 8070212152. info
• ZBAVITEL, Dušan. Otazníky starověké Indie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 185 s. ISBN 80-7106-241-3. info
• ZBAVITEL, Dušan and Jaroslav VACEK. Průvodce dějinami staroindické literatura. Vyd. 1. Třebíč: Arca JiMfa, 1996, 537 s. ISBN 80-85766-34-5. info
• MASICA, Colin P. The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, xvi, 539. ISBN 0521234204. info
• BURROW, Thomas. Sanskrit language. Translated by N. Larina. Moskva: Progress, 1976, 409 s. info
• ZBAVITEL, Dušan. Bozi, bráhmani, lidé : čtyři tisíciletí hinduismu. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1964, 293 s. URL info
• Démonovy povídky. Edited by Ivo Fišer, Translated by Oldřich Friš. vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1956, 173 s. info
• Nalah a Damajantí. Translated by Vincenc Lesný. Kladno: nákladem a tiskem J. Šnajdra, 1924, 98 s. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Výuka každý týden, zakončeno ústním kolokviem.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: za zápočet jen 2.

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