Introduction to Albanian Studies and Linguistics - AJS100578

• Title: Introduction to Albanian Studies and Linguistics
• Guaranteed by: Department of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies (21-UESEBS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:oral
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: yes
• Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / unlimited
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: distance
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Orkida Backus Borshi, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Orkida Backus Borshi, Ph.D.

Annotation

Introduction to Albanian Studies and Linguistics

Lecturer: Mgr. Orkida BACKUS BORSHI, Ph.D.

Lecture/ zápočet 3 ECTS credits

This course is conducted entirely in English, therefore the students are required to have

advanced language skills as to be able to follow the lecture. Knowledge of Albanian is

welcome, but not required. Course work and a concluding test (with a 70% pass score) are

parts of the course assessment. Regular attendance is required, allowance of three absences

per semester.


1. Albanian. Its typology and genealogy.

2. A short history of Albanian Studies Worlwide.

3. Albanian Alphabet.

4. Two Major Albanian dialects.

5. What Is Standard Albanian?

6. Albanian Grammatical System and Its Specificities I.

7. Albanian Grammatical System and Its Specificities II.

8. Albanian Grammatical System and Its Specificities III.

9. Albanian Lexicology. Major Borrowings.

10. Albanian Specific Words and Their Role In a Traditional Society.

11. Major Albanian Legends.

12. Albanian Contemporary Literature.

13. Concluding Remarks.

Last update: Jiroušková Jana, Mgr., CSc. (05.08.2025)

Literature

References:

ANGELY, R.: Grammaire albanaise comparée. Paris 1998. BOISSIN, H.: Grammaire de l’albanais moderne. Paris 1998. BUCHHOLZ, O. : Albanische Grammatik. Leipzig 1987. CAMAJ, M.: Albanian Grammar with Exercises. Wiesbaden 1984. DEMIRAJ, S.: Morfologjia dhe sintaksa e gjuhës së sotme shqipe I, II. Tirana 1964. DOMI, M. - DEMIRAJ, S. a kol.: Gramatika e gjuhës shqipe 1-2. Tirana 2002. KOSTALLARI, A. a kol.: Drejtshkrimi i gjuhës shqipe. Tirana 1973. KOSTALLARI, A. a kol.: Fjalor i shqipes së sotme. Tirana 2002. NEWMARK, L. (ed.): Albanian-English Dictionary. New York 1999. NEZIROSKI, F.: Manuel de conjugaison des verbes albanais. Paris 2003. NEWMARK, L.: Structural Grammar of Albanian. Indiana 1957. THOMAI, J.: Çështje të frazeologjisë së gjuhës shqipe. Tirana 1981. THOMAI, J.: Lexikologjia e gjuhës shqipe. Tirana 2006. ZYMBERI, I : Colloquial Albanian. New York 1991.

Last update: Jiroušková Jana, Mgr., CSc. (05.08.2025)