| Course title | Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics |
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| Course code | KBH/CFDIL |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 3 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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The discipline is focused on basic processes of a language development. Lectures contain interpretations of general language changes, as well as concrete changes that passed during the development of Czech and Proto-Slavic. All the topics are documented through examples taken from the Old Czech and Old Church Slavonic texts. An attention is also paid to the present state of Czech which is described as a result of historical processes. The main method is functional-structuralist approach but other approaches are applied too (the theory of grammaticalization, usage-based theory, comparative-historical-linguistics). Topics of the lectures: 1. Czech among the Slavic and Indo-European Languages 2. Basic Sound Changes of the Classic Common Slavic 3. Changes of the Morphological System in Common Slavic 4. Origin of Czech in the Period of Late Common Slavic 5. + 6. Old Church Slavonic Language - the Basic Characteristic 7. Development of Sound System of Old Czech 8. Morphological Changes in Old and Middle Czech 9. Formation of Czech Dialects 10. Development of Lexical System 11. Diachronic View on Contemporary Czech 12. Etymology; Digital Resources for Diachronic Linguistics
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| Prerequisites |
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KBH/CFEB1 |
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Students will receive the credit for five fulfilled short tasks during the semester. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech for Foreigners (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech for Foreigners (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |