LgV52 How Grammar Evolves: Paths of Language Change Across Time

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2026
Rozsah
2/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Mgr. Thomas Edwin Kissel (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Ústav jazykovědy a baltistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Michaela Květoňová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav jazykovědy a baltistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Čt 16:00–17:40 K23, kromě Po 20. 4. až Pá 24. 4.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 6 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
At the end of the course students will: - understand the basic mechanisms of language change from phonology to morphosyntax - analyze diachronic and comparative linguistic data to form generalizations about language change - have a general understanding of the contrasting viewpoints and theories concerning the motivations and processes of grammaticalization, including functional, typological, usage-based, cognitive, and generative/minimalist traditions - gain experience applying what they learn to their own languages
Výstupy z učení
• What is language change? — Change as natural and systematic, not decay. • Sound change — regular phonological shifts. • Analogy and morphological leveling — how patterns “regularize” themselves. • Semantic change — metaphor, metonymy, and meaning drift over time. • What is grammaticalization? — Meillet + Lehmann’s parameters (bleaching, decategorialization, etc.). • Universal pathways of change — clines, verb → auxiliary → clitic → affix and how to define them • Functional vs cognitive motivations — Bybee, frequency, usage, entrenchment. • Linguistic cycles— Jespersen’s Cycle and grammatical renewal, generative perspective (van Gelderen). • The Slavic past tense cycle — Czech auxiliary clitics vs. Polish affixal endings. • Stative perfects vs. grammatical perfects — Czech mám uděláno vs Macedonian imam napraveno. • Romance vs. Ukrainian futures — cantare habeo → chanterai and ljuby-ty-mu. • Minimalism, grammaticalization, and beyond/ Summary of course — Roberts & Roussou’s formal reinterpretation.
Osnova
• What is language change? — Change as natural and systematic, not decay. • Sound change — regular phonological shifts. • Analogy and morphological leveling — how patterns “regularize” themselves. • Semantic change — metaphor, metonymy, and meaning drift over time. • What is grammaticalization? — Meillet + Lehmann’s parameters (bleaching, decategorialization, etc.). • Universal pathways of change — clines, verb → auxiliary → clitic → affix and how to define them • Functional vs cognitive motivations — Bybee, frequency, usage, entrenchment. • Linguistic cycles— Jespersen’s Cycle and grammatical renewal, generative perspective (van Gelderen). • The Slavic past tense cycle — Czech auxiliary clitics vs. Polish affixal endings. • Stative perfects vs. grammatical perfects — Czech mám uděláno vs Macedonian imam napraveno. • Romance vs. Ukrainian futures — cantare habeo → chanterai and ljuby-ty-mu. • Minimalism, grammaticalization, and beyond/ Summary of course — Roberts & Roussou’s formal reinterpretation.
Výukové metody
lectures
Metody hodnocení
written test
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
  • Statistika zápisu (nejnovější)
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