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Lecturer(s)
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Komendová Jitka, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The term "history of language" in various scientific traditions 2. The break-up of the Slavonic language and the formation of the East Slavic dialects 3. Glagolitic and Cyrillic in the Context of Graphic Systems of Medieval Europe 4. Epigraphic texts of medieval Russia as a source for the study of language 4. Church Slavonic literature of medieval Rus´ 5. Foreign languages in Eastern Europe 11.-19. century: their functional and social status 6. Language situation in Moscow Russia, Poland and Lithuania 7. Forming of modern Russian 8. Forming of modern Ukrainian 9. Formation of modern Belarusian 10. Church Slavonic elements in contemporary East Slavic languages
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The discipline focuses mainly on the so-called external history of the East Slavic languages, i.e. it seeks to place the development of these languages in the broad social and cultural context of the Eastern European area from the earliest times until the 19th century. Attention is paid to both the book language (Church Slavonic, or hybrid register) and the spoken language (the Old Novgorod dialect in the inscriptions on birch bark). The process of formation of modern East Slavic languages, the profound change of the linguistic situation in connection with the cultural transformations of Russia in the 18th century, and the role of languages in the process of formation of modern national identities in Eastern Europe are traced. A separate topic is the role of foreign (non-Slavic) languages in the context of their changing social prestige.
Students will obtain general knowledge of fundamental tendencies of the historical development of East Slavic languages. Obtained knowledge will help the students to understand deeper some linguistic phenomena which are related to the historical development of language.
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Prerequisites
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Good orientation in the history of East Slavic countries as well as knowledge of East Slavic languages is required.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
active participation in seminars (discussions, study of recommended texts) with a maximum of 2 weeks absences per semester; successful completion of written work (answers to open questions). The written work can only be done three times. The written work is in Czech.
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Recommended literature
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Janin V. L. (2007). Středověký Novgorod v nápisech na březové kůře. Červený Kostelec.
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Kalugin V.V. (2005). Jazyk i pismennosť Drevněj Rusi. Moskva.
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Uspenskij, B. A. (1994). Kratkij očerk istorii russkogo litěraturnogo jazyka. Moskva.
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Živov V. M. (1996). Jazyk i kultura v Rossii VIII veka. Moskva.
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