ROMDJA2 Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Bartoš, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Růžena Ostrá, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
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 postgraduate student will be asked to display sufficient knowledge of the cardinal works in linguistics, basic orientation in the history of linguistic thinking and in the traditional as well as modern trends in linguistics.
Syllabus
  • Scope of questions:
  • 1. Language, linguistics and history of linguistics
  • 2. Linguistic thinking in the prehistorical period
  • 3. Lingvistic thinking in the Antiquity
  • 4. Lingvistic thinking in the Middle Ages and in the Modern Times
  • 5. Comparative and Historical Grammar
  • 6. New theories at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century
  • 7. Ferdinand de Saussure and the origin of the Structural Linguistics
  • 8. Prague School and the Functional Linguistics
  • 9. Copenhagen School and Glosematics
  • 10. Other European Structural schools
  • 11. Descriptive Linguistics
  • 12. Generative and Transformational Grammar
  • 13. Stratificational Linguistics
  • 14. Quantitative Linguistics and Theory of Information
  • 15. Algebraic Linguistics and Formal Logic
  • 16. Computational Linguistics
  • 17. Experimental Phonetics
  • 18. Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
  • 19. Cognitive Linguistics
  • 20. Sociolinguistics and Ethnolinguistics
  • 21. Semantics, Semiotics and Semiology
  • 22. Philosophy of Language
Literature
  • Hjelmslev, Louis. Jazyk. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 1971
  • Guillaume, Gustave. Langage et science du langage. Paris : A.-G. Nizet, 1964
  • Saussure, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky [Saussure, 1989]. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally, Edited by Tullio de Mauro. Vyd. 1. Praha : Odeon, 1989. 467 s. ISBN 80-207-0070-6
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 3., doplněné. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 341 stran. ISBN 8024601540. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. 1. souborné vyd. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 517 s. ISBN 8085885964. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph. Essays on the English language : medieval and modern. Harlow: Longmans, 1968, ix, 201. ISBN 0582524075. info
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: formou konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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