MED60 Lingua Franca: Loch Ness monster in the Mediterranean

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bc. Vít Boček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 A21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! ((SEMESTR(1) || SEMESTR(2) || SEMESTR(3) || SEMESTR(4)) && TYP_STUDIA(B))
Předpokladem porozumění výkladu je základní znalost alespoň jednoho románského jazyka (italštiny, španělštiny, francouzštiny). Předmět je přednostně určen studentům, kteří si již osvojili základy filologické práce (od třetího ročníku bakalářského studia). Studenti nižších ročníků se zájmem o zápis do předmětu nechť v ISu po začátku zápisu v aplikaci "Žádost o výjimku" požádají o výjimku (souhlas se zápisem předmětu) a zdůvodní svoji žádost.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce empirical and theoretical issues to be dealt with in research into the Lingua Franca, i.e., the language used in interethnic as well as interreligious communication in the Mediterranean from 11th to 19th centuries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Lingua Franca, historical conditions of its rise.
  • 2. The history of research into Lingua Franca, hypotheses about its origin and development.
  • 3. Analysis of the text: Topographia e historia general de Argel (1612).
  • 4. Analysis of the text: Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque ou Petit Mauresque (1830).
  • 5. Lingua Franca in literature (Orlando di Lasso, Molière, Carlo Goldoni).
  • 6. Survey and analysis of other texts: minor reports.
  • 7. Survey and analysis of other texts: minor literary texts.
  • 8. System of Lingua Franca? Vocabulary, grammar.
  • 9. Influences of Lingua Franca on other language varieties: british slang Polari.
  • 10. Notions pidgin, creole, lingua franca and koiné in mutual relationships.
  • 11. The role of Lingua Franca in creolistics, generalization of the notion lingua franca, modern lingua francas.
  • 12. So-called Lingua Franca Nova, or a new search of the perfect language.
Literature
  • ARENDS, Jacques. A bibliography of Lingua Franca. The Carrier Pidgin. 1999, No 26, p. 33–35. info
  • ASLANOV, Cyril. Lingua Franca in the Western Mediterranean: between myth and reality. In BESTERS-DILGER, Juliane / DERMARKAR, Cynthia / PFANDER, Stefan / RABUS, Achim. Congruence in contact-induced language change: language families, typological resemblance, and perceived similarity. Berlin: University of Freiburg, 2014, p. 122–136, 410 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-033834-8. info
  • BAKER, Paul. Polari - The lost language of gay men. New York: Routledge, 2002, 215 pp. ISBN 0-415-26180-5. info
  • COUTO, Hildo Honório do. A língua franca mediterrânea: histórico, textos e interpretação. Brasília: Plano: Oficina Editorial Instituto de Letras UnB, 2001. ISBN 85-85946-29-6. info
  • DAKHLIA, Jocelyne. Lingua Franca – Histoire d'une langue métisse en Méditerranée. Actes Sud, 2008, 591 pp. ISBN 2-7427-8077-7. info
  • HOLM, John A. An introduction to pidgin and creoles. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 282 pp. ISBN 0-521-58581-3. info
  • KAHANE, Henry and Renée KAHANE. Lingua Franca: The Story of a Term. Romance Philology. 1976, No 30, p. 25–41. info
  • SELBACH, R. Lingua Franca of the Mediterranean (1350–1830): finding Nessie? In URELAND, Sture - LODGE, Anthony - PUGH, Stefan. Language contact and minority languages on the littorals of Europe. Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2007, p. 149-160, 391 pp. ISBN 3-8325-1644-1. info
Teaching methods
The theoretical part of the lesson contains the lectures on various aspects of the research into Lingua Franca. The practical part of the lesson is aimed at analyzing the attested texts written in Lingua Franca.
Assessment methods
Written test examining the knowledge of basic notions and their relations (based on the lectures and recommended literature). Minimum pass level 60 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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