CJJ08 Historical Grammar of Czech

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Boháčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Březina (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJJ08/1: Tue 12:00–13:40 L11, M. Boháčová
CJJ08/2: Wed 10:00–11:40 M21, P. Kosek
CJJ08/3: Fri 8:00–9:40 D51, M. Březina
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJJ07 Proto-Slavic
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 14/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar deals with graphical, phonological and morphological analysis of Old Czech texts. Its aim is to get the students acquainted with the successive development of the orthographical, phonological and morphological systems of Czech from its beginnings to the present day. The purpose of the seminar is to present contemporary Czech (including its non-standard or dialectal varieties) as a result of influence of various developmental trends.
Learning outcomes
Having participated in the course, students will be able:
- to transcribe a transliterated Old Czech text,
- to translate an Old Czech text,
- to identify grammatical categories of specific Old Czech inflected forms,
- to reconstruct the phonological development of a specific Old Czech word from the Proto-Czech beginnings to the present day (including the main territorially-conditioned varieties),
- to reconstruct the morphological development of a specific Old Czech word from the Proto-Czech beginnings to the present day (including the main territorially-conditioned varieties).
Syllabus
  • 1. Reading, transliteration and transcription of a 14th ct. Old Czech text.
  • 2. Phonological and morphological analysis of a 14th ct. Old Czech text.
Literature
  • Staročeský slovník 1-26. Na-Při. Praha 1968-2008.
  • KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny - překlenovací seminář. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 110 s. ISBN 9788021069749. URL info
  • KOSEK, Pavel. Historická mluvnice češtiny I (Historical Grammar of Czech). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 211 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6906-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • LAMPRECHT, Arnošt, Dušan ŠLOSAR and Jaroslav BAUER. Historická mluvnice češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 423 s. URL info
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír, Adolf KAMIŠ and Karel [bohemista] KUČERA. Malý staročeský slovník. Edited by Václav [bohemista] Křístek. 1. vyd. Praha, Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 707 s. info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. D. 1, A-J. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1970, iv.-xxx. s. info
  • GEBAUER, Jan. Slovník staročeský. D. 2, K-N. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1970, 632 s. info
  • Slovník staročeský : pracovní zásady a ukázky hesel. Edited by František Ryšánek - Bohuslav Havránek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československá akademie věd, Ústav pro jazyk český, 1956, 73 s. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods that are used include: an analysis of Old Czech texts, discussions in classes, homework, reading specific scholarly sources (compulsory sources), drills. Competences, knowledge and skills acquired by students during their preparatory work. Students’ knowledge is checked in classes mainly on an oral basis or by exercises in a written form. An electronic support of teaching in the form of an e-learning course is a part of the course - students are required to fill in exercises continuously during the term.
Assessment methods
A prerequisite for receiving credits are 1. completed e-learning, 2. a written test. Written test is based on an analysis of a piece of a transliterated Old Czech text, consisting of: its transcription, determination of the phonological development of each word, stating the period of the successive changes from Proto-Czech to the present day, identification of all given forms of inflected parts of speech and of an outline of their development from Proto-Czech to the present day. The required limit for successful completing is 75%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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