Syllabus
The aim of the lecture is to introduce the student to the history and prehistory of the Indo-European languages and Indo-European comparative linguistics and their present relation and common features. A special focus will be placed on the position of Czech vis-à-vis the major languages of Europe, highlighting the common heritage. The following topics will be covered:
1. Language change, its scientific and popular conceptions throughout history
2. Indo-European comparative linguistics: from William Jones to 21 century
3. Indo-European branches
4. The comparative reconstruction, regularity and analogy
5. PIE homeland, culture, migrations, contacts
6. PIE phonology (kentum-satem, laryngeal theory, ablaut, sound laws)
7. PIE morphology (inflection, derivation, compounds)
8. PIE nominal categories
9. PIE pronoun
10. PIE numerals
11. PIE verb
12. PIE particles and syntax Clackson, James. Indo-European Linguistics. An Introduction. Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2007). Fortson, Benjamin W. IV, (2006). Indo-European Language and Culture: an introduction. (2nd edition) Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. Mallory, J. P. - Adams, D. Q.The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press. (2006) Meier-Brügger, Michael, Indo-European Linguistics. de Gruyter Textbook: Berlin, Walter de Gruyter (2003). Ringe, Donald, Reconstructed ancient languages. In: Woodard, Roger (ed.). Ancient languages of Asia and America. CUP.
Annotation
The aim of the lecture is to introduce the student to the history and prehistory of the Indo-European languages and Indo-European comparative linguistics and their present relation and common features. A special focus will be placed on the position of Czech vis-à-vis the major languages of Europe, highlighting the common heritage. The following topics will be covered:
1. Language change, its scientific and popular conceptions throughout history
2. Indo-European comparative linguistics: from William Jones to 21 century
3. Indo-European branches
4. The comparative reconstruction, regularity and analogy
5. PIE homeland, culture, migrations, contacts
6. PIE phonology (kentum-satem, laryngeal theory, ablaut, sound laws)
7. PIE morphology (inflection, derivation, compounds)
8. PIE nominal categories
9. PIE pronoun
10. PIE numerals
11. PIE verb
12. PIE particles and syntax Clackson, James. Indo-European Linguistics. An Introduction. Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2007). Fortson, Benjamin W. IV, (2006). Indo-European Language and Culture: an introduction. (2nd edition) Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. Mallory, J. P. - Adams, D. Q.The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press. (2006) Meier-Brügger, Michael, Indo-European Linguistics. de Gruyter Textbook: Berlin, Walter de Gruyter (2003). Ringe, Donald, Reconstructed ancient languages. In: Woodard, Roger (ed.). Ancient languages of Asia and America. CUP.