Course: Czech Dialectology

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Course title Czech Dialectology
Course code KBH/VS7M
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bednaříková Božena, doc. PhDr. Dr.
  • Kubeček Filip, Mgr.
Course content
Introductory seminar, terminology and literature History of the field, development, and classification of Czech dialects Methodology of dialect research, instructions for the seminar paper Working with the Czech Linguistic Atlas and other sources East Moravian dialects Silesian dialects Czech dialects in the narrower sense (Bohemian dialects) Central Moravian dialects Formation of interdialects, Common Czech, urban speech, colloquial speech "Revitalization" and the future of dialects, dialects around us (application in art, advertising, etc.) Web-based / interactive dialectological tools Current tasks of Czech dialectology

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with the regional differentiation of the Czech language, particularly with the form of traditional territorial dialects, their development, current state, and the methods used to research them. Students will learn to navigate the issues of linguistic geography, work with linguistic atlases and other sources, and determine the characteristic features of individual dialects based on the analysis of dialect texts and listening to audio recordings. Within the framework of a seminar paper, students will put their acquired knowledge and methodological skills to the test by conducting their own field research and processing the collected material.
Analytical Competence: Independently analyze spoken language material and identify dialectological features. Fieldwork and Research Competence: Independently conduct and evaluate small-scale dialectological fieldwork.
Prerequisites
Basic orientation in the grammatical structure and phonetics of the contemporary Czech language. Ability to work with academic literature and basic prerequisites for independent analytical and fieldwork.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work

seminar paper - conducting a field dialect research (making an audio recording and filling out a questionnaire with a respondent, dialectological transcription of a selected part of the recording, critical evaluation of the questionnaire responses incl. comparison with the older state) regular seminar attendance (max. 2 absences)
Recommended literature
  • BALHAR, Jan a kol. (1992-2011). Český jazykový atlas 1-5. Dodatky. Praha: Academia. ISBN 80-200-0013-5. [1. díl, 1992; 2. díl, 1997; 3. díl, 1999; 4. díl, 2002; 5. díl, 2005; 6. díl (Dodatky), 2011.] Též online (2014). Dostupné z: https://cja.ujc.cas.cz/..
  • BĚLIČ, Jaromír (1972). Nástin české dialektologie. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství..
  • BOGOCZOVÁ, Irena (2009). Textová opora ke studiu mluveného českého jazyka a dialektologie. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita. ISBN 978-80-7368-649-9.
  • IREINOVÁ, Martina a kol. (2022). Kriticky ohrožené jevy našich nářečí. Brno: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR. ISBN 978-80-88211-16-7; 2., doplněné vydání: 2023, ISBN 978-80-88211-21-1..
  • KARLÍK, Petr, NEKULA, Marek a Jana PLESKALOVÁ (2016). Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny [online]. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Dostupné z: https://www.czechency.org/. ? zejména hesla z tématu dialektologie: https://www.czechency.org/slovnik/cat/dialektologie.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -