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Lecturer(s)
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Ondruszová Martina, Mgr.
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Pavlíček Yana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to anthropological study of language. 2. Origin and development of language, historical overview of early conceptions of language from antiquity to modern times. General grammar; Port-Royal Grammar; representation theory. 3. Comparative linguistics; philology and oriental studies; Maldogrammaticians and Copenhagen School. 4. Basics of modern linguistics and semiology: CH. S. Pierce and F. De Saussure; concept and properties of character and meaning. System concept of language. The emergence of structural linguistics; diachrony and synchrony, character components, character properties, syntagma and paradigm. 5. Structural linguistics F. De Saussura, Russian formalism, Prague Linguistic Circle; phonetics and phonology. 6. Structural anthropology and linguistics; Claude Lévi-Strauss. 7. Franz Boas, American linguistic anthropology and the theory of linguistic relativism; Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. 8. Linguistic anthropology sociolinguistics; generative and transformational linguistics. 9. Discourse theory; discursive regularities and discursive practices. 10. Gramatology and deconstruction; Use of the deconstruction method in anthropology. 11. Analytical approaches to language. Theory of speech acts and cognitive linguistics. 12. Linguistic models in anthropology, dialogic paradigm and other concepts of literary theory used in the social sciences. 13. End of semester; final exam.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Self-study of literature, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize the basic interpretive and analytical procedures of sociocultural anthropology |
| to characterize the basic conceptual apparatus of sociocultural anthropology |
| to characterize basic sociocultural theories of culture |
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| to understand English written text |
| to read and critically analyze a professional text |
| use electronic information sources |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain ways of using linguistic models in sociocultural anthropology |
| to characterize and explain concepts and conceptual tools in the field of linguistic anthropology, theory of linguistic relativism, structuralism, semiology, semantics, sociolinguistics, theory of speech acts, theory of discourse, deconstruction, dialogic and cognitive conception of language |
| to describe or summarize the historical development of anthropological, linguistic and philosophical conceptions of language |
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| to apply basic interpretive procedures of the presented approaches to language research |
| to critically reflect the sources and literature, which it is being worked with |
| to identify, classify and analyze individual linguistic phenomena |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Textual studies |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Written exam |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
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Recommended literature
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Barthes, Roland. Kritika a pravda. Praha : Dauphin, 1997. ISBN 80-86019-53-5.
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Černý, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky. Olomouc : Votobia, 1996. ISBN 80-85885-96-4.
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Černý, Jiří; Holeš, Jan. Sémiotika. Praha : Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-832-5.
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Hawkes, Terence. Strukturalismus a sémiotika. Brno : Host, 1999. ISBN 80-86055-62-0.
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Lakoff, George; Johnson, Mark. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Brno : Host, 2002. ISBN 80-7294-071-6.
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Saussure, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Praha : Academia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-200-1568-6.
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