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Lecturer(s)
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Komendová Jitka, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The term "history of language" in various scientific traditions 2. The break-up of the Slavonic language and the formation of the East Slavic dialects 3. Glagolitic and Cyrillic in the Context of Graphic Systems of Medieval Europe 4. Epigraphic texts of medieval Russia as a source for the study of language 4. Church Slavonic literature of medieval Rus´ 5. Foreign languages in Eastern Europe 11.-19. century: their functional and social status 6. Language situation in Moscow Russia, Poland and Lithuania 7. Forming of modern Russian 8. Forming of modern Ukrainian 9. Formation of modern Belarusian 10. Church Slavonic elements in contemporary East Slavic languages
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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These lectures and seminars aim to present the students with the outline of the basic development tendencies in Russian phonetico-phonological, morphological and syntactical system and the changes in lexicon occurring since the dissolution of late old Slavonic up to the present day. All these issues are to be viewed in a broader comparative context. The theoretical knowledge is applied in the phonological and grammatical analysis of old Russian texts. The acquired insight should, among other things, help the students to grasp the principles of some current trends in language. The course is focused on phenomena occurring in the past which can explain the present language situation. Particular attention is paid to comparison with the corresponding phenomena in Czech or in other Slavonic languages. It is especially crucial to focus on the impactful changes in phonology and grammar, explaining the language situation in the territory of East Slavonic nations in the period since the 10th century, when the Christian religion was adopted, till the 18th century, when the new Russian literary language was formed, and its following phases of development till the present day. Students will get familiar also with the development of lexicon and alphabet as well as with the Russian dialects.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Active participation in seminars (discussion, presentation, reading the recommended texts), max. 2 absences Passing the written test (max. three attempts)
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Recommended literature
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Janin V. L. (2007). Středověký Novgorod v nápisech na březové kůře. Červený Kostelec.
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Kalugin V.V. (2005). Jazyk i pismennosť Drevněj Rusi. Moskva.
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Uspenskij, B. A. (1994). Kratkij očerk istorii russkogo litěraturnogo jazyka. Moskva.
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Živov V. M. (1996). Jazyk i kultura Rossii XVIII veka. Moskva.
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