Course: Czech linguistics - Paleoslavistics

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Course title Czech linguistics - Paleoslavistics
Course code KSO/91ACJ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vepřek Miroslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Czech linguistics - Paleoslavistics Themes of Paleoslavistic studies 1. Old Church Slavonic language and its place in the classification of Slavic languages. 2. Old Church Slavonic writings until the end of the 11th century and its basic linguistic features. 3. Influence of Greek language on Old Church Slavonic language. 4. Influence of Latin and Old High German on Old Church Slavonic. 5. Morphology and syntax of Old Church Slavonic in comparison with other Slavic languages (choice according to Ph. D. candidate). 6. Word stock of Old Church Slavonic, its function-style and territorial classification. 7. Old Church Slavonic lexicography. 8. Czech writings in Church Slavonic language, reminders of Czech origin, Emmaus period of Old Church Slavonic language. 9. Canon of Old Church Slavonic reminders. 10. Literary reminders from Great Moravia. 11. Glagolitsa and Cyrillic script ? origin, extension, paleographic features, Old Church Slavonic language written in Latin script. 12. Features of letters and literary work of selected writings in Church Slavonic language (free choice expect of Czech and Great Moravian). 13. The Bible translation by Cyril and Methodius and the issues of its reconstruction. 14. So called New Church Slavonic language ? church language of Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Roman Catholic Church, features of writings. 15. Personalities of Czech and worldwide Paleoslavonic studies, the most eminent publications and journals.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Methods of Written Work
  • Semestral Work - 125 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Czech linguistics - Paleoslavistics This course will provide an overview of development of Paleoslavistic studies and its disciplines, research in Paleoslavistics, important representatives, synthetical works and monographs, contribution of Czech Paleoslavistics to the European Slavonic studies.
Knowledge of each discipline according to the time-schedule of doctoral study programme.
Prerequisites
Interest in the diachronic study of language, Old Church Slavonic in the Slavonic contexts.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

Exam questions - Comparative Slavonic philology Courses: Comparative Slavonic literary theory, Comparative Slavonic linguistics Paleoslavistics 1. Old Church Slavonic language and its place in the classification of Slavic languages. 2. Old Church Slavonic writings until the end of the 11th century and its basic linguistic features. 3. Influence of Greek language on Old Church Slavonic language. 4. Influence of Latin and Old High German on Old Church Slavonic. 5. Morphology and syntax of Old Church Slavonic in comparison with other Slavic languages (choice according to Ph. D. candidate). 6. Word stock of Old Church Slavonic, its function-style and territorial classification. 7. Old Church Slavonic lexicography. 8. Czech writings in Church Slavonic language, reminders of Czech origin, Emmaus period of Old Church Slavonic language. 9. Canon of Old Church Slavonic reminders. 10. Literary reminders from Great Moravia. 11. Glagolitsa and Cyrillic script ? origin, extension, paleographic features, Old Church Slavonic language written in Latin script. 12. Features of letters and literary work of selected writings in Church Slavonic language (free choice expect of Czech and Great Moravian). 13. The Bible translation by Cyril and Methodius and the issues of its reconstruction.
Recommended literature
  • Lunt, Horace G.:. (2010). Old Church Slavonic Grammar.. Berlin.
  • Vavřínek, V. (2013). Cyril a Metoděj mezi Konstantinopolí a Římem. Praha.
  • Večerka, R. (2010). Staroslověnská etapa českého písemnictví. Praha.


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): Comparative Slavonic Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -