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Lecturer(s)
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Matoušková Jiřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bidaud Samuel Henri, doc. PhD.
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Course content
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The course covers the following topics: 1. Relationships of languages, Indoeuropean, Romance languages. Type of phonetic changes. 2. Prehistory of the French language - pre-Indoeuropean colonisation, Gauls, Roman colonisation. 3. Vulgar and classical Latin. Its influence on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. 4. German invasions and their influence on the French language. 5. Old French, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. 6. First documents written in French. 7. Middle French. 8. French in schools, church and state administration.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course covers two main topics concerning the evolution of the French language: (1) external history of the French language (i.e. social, cultural, literary, political events affecting the usage and the form of the French in the given period); (2) internal history of the French language (i.e. the evolution of the system of the language, its acoustic, lexical and grammatical levels). These two approaches will be combined in the course.
Students are able to explain the external and the internal history of the French language, in particular the phenomena permitting to understand some features of the contemporary language (exceptions, abnormalities, characteristic features of the French language as compared to other Romance languages).
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Dialog
Active participation in classwork and fulfilment of all the assignments set by the teacher in course of the semester (e.g. preparation of a paper).
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Recommended literature
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Hagege, C. (1998). Le français, histoire d'un combat. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, Livre de Poche.
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Huchon, M. (2002). Histoire de la langue française. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, Livre de Poche.
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Perret, M. (1998). Introduction a l'histoire de la langue française. Paris: Armand Colin.
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Skalička, V. (1960). Vývoj jazyka. Praha: SPN.
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Šabršula, J. (1996). Vývoj francouzského jazyka. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita.
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