RJB422 Latin and Greek Grammar and Terminology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bc. Vít Boček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Kulhánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 L31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is on the one hand a systematic explanation of the first conceptions of the language realized by ancient Greeks and Romans and of the reflexes of their knowledge in the sphere of modern linguistics; on the other hand the demonstration how the ancient languages, Greek and Latin, playing the substantial part in the origin and development of the European culture, participated in the evolution of particular Slavonic languages. The students obtain by this way the deeper knowledge about the degree of historical influence of the ancient languages in various spheres of each concrete language, above all about the Greek-Latin origin of many contemporary international expressions in various branches, especially in linguistics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ancient Greek and the stages of its evolution.
  • 2. Greek alphabet. The pronunciation of words of Greek origin in Slavonic languages.
  • 3. Latin and the stages of its evolution.
  • 4. Origin of the Latin alphabet.
  • 5. Slavonic languages and the stages of their evolution. Basic classification of Slavonic languages.
  • 6. Slavonic script (Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabet): its origin and evolution.
  • 7. Influence of Greek - lexical and syntactic influence on the Old Church Slavic and Church Slavic
  • 8. Influence of Latin - lexical borrowings from Latin and Proto-Romance in Proto-Slavic and Common-Slavic
  • 9. Reflexion of Ancient languages in Slavonic vocabulary and word-building, the origin of international expressions in contemporary Slavonic and European languages
  • 10. Influence of Latin and Greek syntax on Slavonic languages in Humanism
  • 11. Balkan sprachbund (linguistic area)
  • 12. Conceptions of the language by Ancient Greeks and Romans.
Literature
  • Horecký J., Fonologia latinčiny, Bratislava 1949.
  • Bauer Jaroslav, Vliv řečtiny a latiny na vývoj syntaktické stavby slovanských jazyků. In: Syntactica Slavica, Brno 1972
  • Žaža, S.: K některým projevům vlivu antických jazyků na ruštinu a češtinu. SPFFBU E 36, 1991, s. 87-93
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Latina a řečtina v slovní zásobě, gramatice a terminologii slovanských jazyků (Latin and Greek in the vocabulary, grammar and terminology of Slavonic languages). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 83 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5138-6. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Učastije klassičeskich jazykov v processe innovacii slovarnogo sostava russkogo i češskogo jazyka. Brno/Boskovice: Albert, 2005, p. 9-16. ISBN 80-7326-058-1. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. K morfologické struktuře latinských jmen. Brno: MU, 2001, 6 pp. SPFFBU N 6-7. ISBN 80-210-2768-1. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Latina pro studenty východoslovanských jazyků (Latin for students of east slavonic languages). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 156 pp. ISBN 80-210-2345-7. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Konfrontační pohled na češtinu a ruštinu se zřením k vlivu latiny (The Confrontation View of Czech and Russian with Regard to the Influence of Latin.). In Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. Brno: MU Brno, 1999, p. 175-183. A 47. ISBN 80-210-2098-9. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Ruština a čeština v porovnávacím pohledu. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 122 s. ISBN 802102058X. info
  • ŽAŽA, Stanislav. Ruština a čeština v porovnávacím pohledu. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 122 s. ISBN 80-210-2058-X. info
  • JIRÁČEK, Jiří. Adjektiva s internacionálními sufixálními morfy v současné ruštině v porovnání s češtinou. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1984, 166 s. URL info
  • JIRÁČEK, Jiří. Internacional'nyje suffiksy suščestvitel'nych v sovremennom russkom jazyke : (strukturno-sopostavitel'noje issledovanije). Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1971, 281 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The theoretical part of the lesson contains the lecture on the influence of Greek and Latin in the vocabulary, grammar and terminology of Russian, Czech and other Slavonic languages. The practical part of the lesson is aimed at writing, reading and interpretation by the students of words and constructions of Greek and Latin origin in Russian, Czech and other Slavonic languages.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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