Course: Chapters from Ukrainian Linguistics 1

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Course title Chapters from Ukrainian Linguistics 1
Course code KSU/7KUL1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Ukrainian
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
1. The origin of Ukrainian language. Discussion about the origin of Ukrainian language in the hypothesis and conceptions postulated by Ukrainian and other linguistics. 2. The Soviet linguistics and its theory of the origin of Ukrainina language. 3. Ukrainian language in Kievan Rus. 4. The sources of east-Slavonic grammar traditions (11th ? 13th century). ?Skazanije? cernorizce Chrabra. 5. Grammar tractate in the Ukrainian lands from the 14th ? 16th centuries. The treatise: ?The eight parts of speech?. 6. Grammar tractate in the Ukrainian lands from the 14th ? 16th centuries. Grammar treatise by Konstantin Kostenetski. 7. Grammar theory and practice in Ukraine in the 16th ? 17th centuries. Tractates by Maxim Grek. 8. Lexicographic projects by Ivan Fedorov. 9. ?Gramatika slovenská? by Lavrenti Zyzanin. 10. Grammar by Meleti Smotryski. 11. Grammar by Ivan Uzhkevits. 12. ?Lexikon slavenoroskyj? by Pamba Berynda. 13. Defence of the papers. Credit test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 10 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 13 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 12 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to present the students with basic information about the development of linguistics in Ukraine from 16th century and about basic streams and important scholars in Ukrainian linguistics and about the present-day status of this scholarly discipline. Special attention is paid to the discussion of the origin of Ukrainian and the periodization of its development. We shall also present the students with the information about the development of the Ukrainian linguistics in the period of 16th ? 17th century and about the importance of Ukrainian scholars of this period for the European Slavonic linguistics. It is also important to discuss the most relevant works by Ukrainian linguists and their influence on forming the language system in Ukrainian.
Broadening the theoretical knowledge gained during the courses on the system of Ukrainian language and its development. Special attention is paid to the role of Ukrainian linguistics in the development and survival of the Ukrainian language and the works relevant to the Ukrainian linguistics and its influence on Slavic and world linguistics.
Prerequisites
An advanced knowledge of Ukrainian language and its norms, basis of historical phonetics, word-formation, lexicology, grammar, syntax and stylistics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Regular attendance, submitting in time the assigned tasks, individual work with scholarly articles and literature in Ukrainian. Writing a paper on one of the topics from the syllabus and oral presentation of the paper. Ability to work with scholarly sources. Credit test.
Recommended literature
  • (1961). Leskykon slovenoroskyj Pamby Bryndy . Kyjiv.
  • Beloded I.R. (1972). gramatika I.Uzhevycha 1643 goda. In.: Izvestija AN SSSR. Serija literatury i jazyka, .
  • Bevzenko S.P. (1991). Istorija ukrajinskoho movoznavstva. Istorija vyvchenna ukrajinskoji movy. Kyjiv.
  • Botvinnik M. (1983). Otkuda jest poshel bukvar.. Minsk.
  • Bykova N.A. Bukvara Ivana Fedorova sredi druhách naczalnych uchebnikov . In.: Izvestija AN SSSR. Serija literatury i jazyka, 1955. N.14. Vyp.5. .
  • Hrynchyshyn D.H. (1982). Charakterystyka imennych kategorii u hramatykach XVI ? XVIII st. In.: Schidnoslovjanski hramatyky XVI ? XVII st.. Kyjiv.
  • Chvatkova S., Onufrijenko H. (2006). Heneza ukrajinskoji movy u hipotezach ta koncepcijach movoznavstva XIX-XX st. In.: Personál.
  • Zhovtobruch M.A. (1982). Czastyny movy v Hramatyci slovjanskij Ivana Uzhevycha . In.: Schidnoslovjanski hramatyky XVI ? XVII st. . Kyjiv.


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