KJ1B008 Catalan dialectology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Pešek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Pešek
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Kuzmová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:40 G11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KJ1A004 Catalan 4 || KJIA004 Practical Catalan IV
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 main objective of this subject is to provide students with a basic description of all the geographical dialects of the Catalan language. A panorama of the geolectal variation of Catalan will be offered, within which the territorial demarcation of each dialect will be taken, subdialect and speak, the factors that have conditioned it, and phonetic-phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical issues that allow to characterize them. Hlavním cílem tohoto předmětu je poskytnout studentům základní popis všech geografických dialektů katalánského jazyka. Bude nabídnuto panoráma geolektální variace katalánštiny, v rámci kterého bude bráno územní vymezení každého dialektu, subdialektu a řeči, faktory, které to podmínily, a foneticko-fonologické, morfologické, syntaktické a lexikální otázky, které umožňují je charakterizovat.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students must be able to: 1. Know what is the dialectology, the objectives and the main characteristics of the discipline.
2. To know the history of dialectology, especially Catalan dialectology.
3. Know how to describe the dialects of Catalan and identify the elements that characterize them.
4. Identify the dialect with which any text in Catalan was built. Na konci kurzu musí být studenti schopni: 1. Vědět, co je dialektologie, cíle a hlavní charakteristiky oboru. 2. Znát historii dialektologie, zejména katalánské dialektologie. 3. Umět popsat dialekty katalánštiny a určit prvky, které je charakterizují. 4. Určit dialekt, kterým byl sestaven jakýkoli text v katalánštině.
Syllabus
  • 1. The field of dialectology
  • 1.1 Goals of dialectology
  • 1.2 History of Catalan dialectology
  • 1.3 Language change
  • 1.4 Language variation
  • 1.5 Summary: language and dialects
  • 2. Dialectal division of Catalan
  • 2.1 The formation of Catalan
  • 2.2 Eastern and Western Catalan
  • 2.3 Catalan dialects: classification criteria
  • 3. Eastern Catalan
  • 3.1 Central Catalan
  • 3.2 Northern Catalan
  • 3.3 Balearic Catalan
  • 3.4 Catalan from Alghero
  • 4. Western Catalan
  • 4.1 Northern Western Catalan
  • 4.2 Valencian Catalan
Literature
    required literature
  • Veny, Joan (1978): Els parlars catalans (13a ed.). Palma de Mallorca: Editorial Moll, 2002.
    not specified
  • Badia i Margarit, Antoni M.; Lídia Pons i Griera & Joan Veny (1993): Atles lingüístic del domini català: qüestionari. Barcelona: IEC.
  • Alcover, Antoni M. & Francesc de B. Moll (1926-1968): Diccionari català-valencià-balear. Palma de Mallorca: Editorial Moll. Disponible en línia a .
  • Badia i Margarit, Antoni M. (1984): Gramàtica històrica catalana. València: Editorial 3i4.
Teaching methods
lectures, exercises, oral presentations, listening, homework, reading. přednášky, cvičení, ústní prezentace, poslech, domácí úkoly, četba.
Assessment methods
written test, 70% of correct answers is needed to pass
Language of instruction
Catalan
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2024.
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