FF:LgMA02 Indo-European linguistics II - Course Information

LgMA02 Introduction to Indo-European comparative linguistics II

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

no requisitions

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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The student is able to list basic branches and languages of Indo-European family; can demonstrate their mutual relativity; knows basic terminology and problematics of IE linguistics; is able to describe morphonemic system of reconstructed protolanguage and to work with given literature.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to apply his knowledge from comparative grammar in both the word formation and etymological analysis of concrete words.

Syllabus

• Methods of Indo-European linguistics II: reconstruction of morphemic system of IE I. Classification of IE word II. substantives III. adjectives IV. personal pronomina V. gender pronomina VI verba finita VII participles VIII infinitives IX adverbia X. prepositions a copulas

Literature

recommended literature
• Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. ISSN: 1877-0495.

not specified
• Gamkrelidze, T. & Ivanov, V. 1984: Indoevropejskij jazyk i indoevropejcy. Tbilisi. Mallory, J. & Adams, D.Q. 1997: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. London.
• SZEMERÉNYI, Oswald. Introduction to Indo-European linguistics. Oxford: Clarendon, 1996, xxxii, 352. ISBN 0198240155. info
• BEEKES, Robert S. P. Comparative Indo-European linguistics : an introduction : Vergelijkende taalwetenschap : een inleiding in de vergelijkende Indo-europese taalwetenschap (Orig.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 90-272-2150-2. info
• ERHART, Adolf. DIE INDOGERMANISCHE NOMINALFLEXION UND IHRE GENESE (The Indo-Germanic Nominal Declension and Its Genesis.). INNSBRUCK: INNSBRUCKER BEITRAGE ZUR SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT, 1993. ISBN 3-85124-636-5. info
• SZEMERÉNYI, Oswald John Louis. Einführung in die vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft. 4,, durchges. Aufl. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1990, xxv, 370 s. ISBN 3-534-04216-6. info
• ERHART, Adolf. Das indoeuropäische Verbalsystem. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1989, 170 s. ISBN 8021001895. URL info
• ERHART, Adolf. Indoevropské jazyky : srovnávací fonologie a morfologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1982, 260 p. URL info
• ERHART, Adolf. Studien zur indoeuropäischen Morphologie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1970, 183 s. URL info
• BRUGMANN, Karl. Kurze vergleichende Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen [Brugmann, 1904]. Strassburg: K.J. Trübner, 1904, xxviii, 77. info

Teaching methods

lectures, drills

Assessment methods

Written examination consisting of 5 questions focusing on the basic notions of the discipline.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: Kolokvium jen pro studenty, kteří nejsou zapsáni na obecnou či indoevropskou jazykovědu.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk

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