KSCB030 Languages and language politics in China

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpán Pavlík (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Yixuan Jandová Chen, M.A. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Center for Chinese Studies – Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Center for Chinese Studies – Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 10:50–14:05 G24
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 presents overview of and complex information on languages spoken at the PRC territory.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
have a complex knowledge of the language situation in China
understand problems consequent upon the language politics in China
Syllabus
  • 1) Geografie jazyků v ČLR, administrativní členění
  • 2) Jazyková politika I – čínština
  • 3) Jazyková politika II – jazyk vs. dialekty
  • 4) Jazyková politika III – postavení nár. menšin
  • 5) Jazyková politika IV – úřední jazyky v autonomních celcích
  • 6) Jazyková politika V – postavení ostatních menšinových jazyků
  • 7) Altajské j.
  • 8) Tibeto-barmské j. I
  • 9) Tibeto-barmské j. II
  • 10) Tibeto-barmské j. III
  • 11) Tibeto-barmské j. IV
  • 12) Ostatní jazyky
Literature
  • Fu, Maoji. 1985. “Language Policies Toward National Minorities in China.” Anthropological Linguistics 27 (2): 214–221.
  • Wang, William. "Languages or Dialects?" CUHK Journal of Humanities 1 (1997): 54-62. Web. 25 Sept. 2009.
  • Cheng, Robert L. 1991. “Proposal of a Comparative Study of Language Policies and Their Implementation in Singapore, Taiwan and China (PRC).” Sino-Platonic Papers 27: 113–123.
  • Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com
  • LaPolla, Randy. 2010. “Language Contact and Language Change in the History of the Sinitic Languages.” Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 2: 6856–6868.
  • Mair, Victor H. 1991. What Is a Chinese“ Dialect/topolect”?: Reflections on Some Key Sino-English Linguistic Terms. Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
  • FAIRBANK, John King. Dějiny Číny. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 656 s. ISBN 80-7106-249-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012.
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