UCJDDEJ1 History of linguistics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: dzk.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Contact Person: Ferdinand Podpora
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will become acquainted with the relevant streams in the development of linguistics from the ancient times to the present days. The emphasis is put on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Origins of linguistics
    2. Contribution of old Greeks and Romans
    3. Middle ages
    4. Renaissance
    5. Diachronic linguistics
    6. Linguistics as a science
    7. Synchronic linguistics
    8. American descriptivism and Copenhagen glosematics
    9. Prague functional structuralism
    10. Linguistics in the second half of the 20th century
    11. Linguistics in the 1980s and 1990s
    12. Lingusitcs at the turn of the century
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Examination in a form of academic dispute
Recommended reading:
Svoboda, A. - Hrehovčík, T. An ABC of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Slezská univerzita v Opavě: Opava 2006.
Literatura doporučená:
Černý, J.: Dějiny lingvistiky. Olomouc: Votobia 1996.
Crystal, D. (1987): The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press.
Saussure, F. de: Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Praha: Academia 1995.
Vachek, J.: Prolegomena k dějinám Pražské školy jazykovědné. Jinočany: H&H 1996.
Seuren, P.A.M. (1998): Western Linguistics. An Historical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Summer 2009, Winter 2009, Summer 2010, Winter 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Winter 2013, Summer 2014, Winter 2014, Summer 2015, Winter 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Summer 2020, Winter 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022.
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