Course: Slavic languages contrastive

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Course title Slavic languages contrastive
Course code KFL/1SJK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Tesařová Jaroslava, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The aim of the course is to introduce international students to selected Slavic languages (esp. West Slavic and East Slavic) by comparing the development of their phonetic system, vocabulary, ways of enrichment and word formation, morphological and syntactic system. A further acquainted with using methods of comparative linguistics in acquiring other Slavic languages. Slavic studies as a scientific discipline, sources of comparison of Slavic languages. Slavic research - its origins, evolution and current trends. Slavic languages in the context of the Indo-European languages. Comparison of the phonetic and phonological elements on the example of East and West Slavic languages (esp. Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Russian and Ukrainian). Comparison of the vocabulary on the example of East and West Slavic languages (esp. Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Russian and Ukrainian). Interferences - selected examples of vocabulary (esp. Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Russian and Ukrainian).

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 3 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
Students identify the basic differences between Slavic languages.
Skills
Students apply the methods of comparative linguistics in working with texts in Slavic languages.
Students apply the methods of comparative linguistics in analyzing the vocabulary of Slavic languages.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
assessment methods
Self-evaluation
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Cassirer, E. Language and myth. New York, 1946.
  • Grimes, Barbara F. Ethnologue. Vol. 1, Languages of the world. 14th ed. Dallas : SIL International, 2000. ISBN 1-55671-104-2(1.d.
  • Lucy, John Arthur. Language diversity and thought : a reformulation of the linguistic relativity hypothesis. 1st pub. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-521-38797-3.
  • Ramchand, Gillian,; Reiss, Charles. The Oxford handbook of linguistic interfaces. Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-924745-5.
  • Vachek, J. The Linguistic School of Prague. London, 1966.
  • Vasmer, Max. Etimologičeskij slovar' russkogo jazyka = Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch. Tom IV, T-jaščur. Moskva : Progress, 1973.
  • Večerka, R. Jazyky v komparaci. Nástin české jazykovědné slavistiky v mezinárodním kontextu.. Praha, 2008.
  • Večerka, Radoslav. K pramenům slov : uvedení do etymologie. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006. ISBN 80-7106-858-6.
  • Večerka, Radoslav. Staroslověnština v kontextu slovanských jazyků. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2006. ISBN 80-244-0889-9.
  • Večerka, Radoslav. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny. 4. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 1996. ISBN 80-210-1375-3.


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