Course: History of Linguistics

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Course title History of Linguistics
Course code KRF/DL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Černý Jiří, prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Bidaud Samuel Henri, doc. PhD.
Course content
1. Periodization of the history of linguistics "Prehistoric" period (Egypt, Mesopotamia, China ...). 2. India, Greece, Rome (ancient grammar). The Middle Ages (Scholastic, 7 liberal arts). 3. Renaissance and 16th-18th century (interest in national languages, rationalism, French encyclopedia). 4. Comparative and historical grammar of the 19th century. Neogrammarian. Dialectology. 5. Predecessors of structuralism (Kazan school). Ferdinand de Saussure and the Geneva School. 6. Prague School. Classic period 1926-1939. The post-war period and the present. 7. Copenhagen School and other European structural movements. 8. American descriptivism and Chomsky's generative and transformational grammar I, II. 9. Introduction to border disciplines. Computational linguistics. 10. Psycholinguistics. Text linguistics. Cognitive Linguistics. 11. Neurolinguistics and sociolinguistics. 12. Semantics, semiology, semiotics. Philosophy of language.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 75 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of the subject is to acquaint students with the development of linguistic thought from antiquity to the present. The emphasis is put on modern linguistics (historical and comparative grammar of the 19th century, and Geneva and Prague structuralism and contemporary borderline disciplines).
Basic knowledge of the history of linguistics.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

1) regular attendance 2) active participation in lectures and seminars The exam tests basic orientation in history of linguistics and knowledge in main liguistic schools and theories.
Recommended literature
  • Černý, J. (1996). Dějiny lingvistiky. Olomouc: Votobia.
  • Černý, J. (2005). Malé dějiny lingvistiky. Praha: Portál.
  • Černý, Jiří. Dějiny lingvistiky.
  • Heinz, A. Dzieje językoznawstwa w zarysie.
  • Heinz, A. (1978). Dzieje językoznawstwa w zarysie. Warszawa: PWN.
  • Ivić, M. Pravci u lingvistici.
  • Ivić, M. (1963). Pravci u lingvistici. Ljubljana. (1965: Trends in Linguistics, The Hague).
  • Jiří Černý. (2005). Malé dějiny lingvistiky. Praha.
  • Mounin, G. Histoire de la linguistique des origines au XX e si?cle.
  • Mounin, G. (1967). Histoire de la linguistique des origines au XXe siecle. Paris: PUF.
  • Mounin, G. La linguistique du XX e si?cle.
  • Mounin, G. (1972). La linguistique du XXe siecle. Paris: PUF.
  • Robins, R. H. A Short History of Linguistics.
  • Robins, R. H. (1967). A Short History of Linguistics. London: Longmans.
  • Vachek, J. The Linguistic School of Prague.
  • Vachek, J. (1966). The Linguistic School of Prague. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  • Vachek, J. U základů praţské lingvistické školy.
  • Vachek, J. (1970). U základů pražské lingvistické školy. Praha: Academia.
  • Zvegincev, V. A. (1956). Chrestomatija po istorii jazykoznanija. Moskva.


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