JSB102 Phonetics and Phonology of South Slavonic languages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – 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
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Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge on phonetics and phonology. Lectures will deal with general information about this linguistic discipline mainly, but also the system of vocals and consonants in standard South Slavonic languages in contrastive perspective and compared to Czech; main terminology, methods of phonetic transcription, rules of orthography.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will:
- be able to demonstrate the knowledge of Slavonic phonetics
- have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of linguistics
- have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of comparative study of Slavonic languages
- be familiar with Slavonic grammar
- be able to contrast and compare Czech and other Slavonic languages
Syllabus
  • Terminology: phonetics, phonology, phoneme, phone, vocalic system, consonants, accentuation in South Slavonic languages in comparison to Czech language, enclitic, proclitic, orthography, Latin alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet, basic transcription.
  • 1.-2. General characteristics of phonetics and phonology, basic terminology
  • 3.-4. System of vocals in South Slavonic languages - contrastive view
  • 5.-6. Sonants in South Slavonic languages - contrastive view
  • 7.-8. Consonants in South Slavonic languages - contrastive view
  • 9.-10. Elements of suprasegmental level of language
  • 11.-12. Orthophonics, orthography, graphic systems of South Slavonic languages - contrastive view; norm, codification.
Literature
    required literature
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and Phonology). In Příruční mluvnice češtiny. 2nd ed. Praha: LN, 1996, p. 21-63. ISBN 80-7106-134-4. info
  • SEDLÁČEK, Jan. Stručná mluvnice srbocharvátštiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 269 s. ISBN 8020001719. info
  • KUFNEROVÁ, Zlata. Stručná mluvnice bulharštiny. Praha: Academia, 1990. ISBN 8020001212. info
  • SILIĆ, Josip and Ivo PRANJKOVIĆ. Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika : za gimnazije i visoka učilišta. Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2005, 422 s. ISBN 9530400144. info
  • STANOJČIĆ, Živojin. Gramatika srpskog književnog ǰezika. 1. izd. Beograd: Kreativni centar, 2010, 418 s. ISBN 9788677817572. info
  • BOJADŽIEV, Todor, Ivan Kostadinov KUCAROV and Jordan PENČEV. Săvremenen bălgarski ezik : fonetika, leksikologija, slovoobrazuvane, morfologija, sintaksis : učebnik za studenti ot filologičeskite fakulteti i pedagogičeskite instituti. Sofija: Pet'r Beron, 1999, 654 s. ISBN 9544020365. info
  • TOPORIŠIČ, Jože. Slovenska slovnica. Čtvrté vydání. Maribor: Založba Obzorja, 2000, 923 pp. ISBN 961-230-171-9. info
    recommended literature
  • LOTKO, Edvard. Slovník lingvistických termínů pro filology. 3. nezměněné vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, 128 stran. ISBN 8024407205. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jiří. Úvod do studia jazyka. 2. vydání. Olomouc: Rubico, 2008, 248 stran. ISBN 9788073460938. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 4., v Karolinu 2.,. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 380 stran. ISBN 9788024619460. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and phonologie). 2. doplněné. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Eplortál, 2008, 215 pp. none. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. První vydání. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016, 1092 stran. ISBN 9788074224812. info
  • MALDŽIJEVA, Vjara - TOPOLINJSKA, Zuzana - ĐUKANOVIĆ, Maja - PIPER, Predrag: Južnoslovenski jezici: gramatičke strukture i funkcije. Beograd 2009.
Teaching methods
Lectures based on contrastive method.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
For a more detailed introduction to the development of South Slavic languages ​​during the second half of the 20th century, I recommend the monographs Slovenski jezik, Hrvatski jezik, Srpski jezik, Makedonski jazik and Bălgarski ezik, which are written in the respective languages ​​and which come from the Polish edition Najnowsze dzieje języków słowiańskich (Opole, 1998 /Serbian 1996, Bulgarian 1997/).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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