TCZJ29 Approaches to language

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Aneta Fidrichová
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
no requisitions
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
The course is primary designed for beginners in the field of general lingusitics, it shows basic methods of linguistics and considers adequasy of this methods in the different language plans study.
Learning outcomes
The students understand linguistics as a science.
Syllabus
  • 1) Science and sciences of language 2) Scientific laws. How do they exist in language? 3) Model and explanation, deduction and induction. Empirical and priori. 4) Hjelmslev' empirical principle 5) Language signs 6) Levels of language description
Literature
  • Bibliografické pdkazy se uvádějí průběžně.
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. La catégorie des cas : étude de grammaire générale. Edited by Eli Fischer-Jørgensen. 2., verbess. und mit den Kor. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1972, xii, 77. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. O základech teorie jazyka. Translated by František Čermák. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 154 s. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. O základech teorie jazyka. Translated by František Čermák. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 154 stran. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Language :an introduction. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970, xiii, 144. ISBN 0-299-05640-6. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Die Sprache : eine Einführung. Translated by Otmar Werner. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1968, 183 s. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Prolegomena to a theory of language : Omkring sprogteoriens grundlaeggelse (Orig.). Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1953, 92 p. ; 26. info
  • HJELMSLEV, Louis. Omkring sprogteoriens grundlaeggelse. Kobenhavn: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1943, 112 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Written examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/autumn2020/TCZJ29