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The course will help students to get familiar with fundamental features of human language, its
structure and development, its place in the society, etc. It also introduces linguistics as a science, its
history and methodology, with focus on structural linguistics.
Last update: T_UFAL (11.05.2010)
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To get a Zapocet:
The exam is written (open-book, any reference literature allowed).
See the website for more info. Last update: Hana Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.06.2019)
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V. Fromkin, R. Rodman, N. Hyams: An Introduction to Language. 8th edition or later; preferably the International edition of 8th edition, Heinle, 2006. D. Crystal: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press; 1997 A.Erhart, Základy jazykovědy, SPN Praha 1990. Fr. Čermák, Jazyk a jazykověda (Přehled a slovníky), Pražská imaginace Praha, 1994, 1. vydání; 1997, 2. vydání, 2001, 3. vydání Karolinum J.Černý, Dějiny lingvistiky, Votobia Olomouc, 1997. J.Černý, Úvod do studia jazyka, Rubico Olomouc 1998. E. Hajičová - P. Sgall - J. Panevová, Úvod do teoretické a počítačové lingvistiky, Svazek 1: Teoretická lingvistika. Karolinum: Praha 2002. Last update: T_UFAL (11.05.2010)
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The grade is given on the basis of homework assignments (20%), an article (30%), final (40%), and active class participation (10%). The final exam is in-class and the students can use use any notes or literature. More info on the course website.
Last update: Hana Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.06.2019)
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1. Semiotics, properties of sign systems, specifics of language signs. Language typology.
2. Phonetics: Phones and their classification, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Phonetics of Czech and English. Prosody. Categorical perception.
3. Phonology: Phonotactics, phonological rules.
4. Morphology: Morphemes and their classification, morphological proceses.
5. Syntax: Phrase and dependency grammars. Structural ambiguity. Subcategorization, agreement, word-order, clitics. Basic overview of grammar formalisms (Government and Binding, HPSG, Categorial grammar).
6. History of linguistics: pre-structural linguistics (neogrammarians). Ferdinand de Saussure - the founder of structural linguistics. Glossematics & The Copenhagen School.
7. Functional linguistics according to the Prague School of Linguistics (language function, opposition system, assymetric dualism, form and function).
8. Prague School of Linguistics - sociolinguistic approach, sentence perspective, word-order.
9. Semantics and pragmatics: Meaning of words and sentences. Formal models of meaning. Context.
10. Historical linguistics: Types of language change, language reconstruction. Language families. Developmen of Czech and English. Attitudes toward language change.
11. Psycholinguistics: Language and the brain, aphasias. Language acquisition. Methods of the psycholinguistic research. Last update: T_UFAL (11.05.2010)
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