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Course: Prague School Theories

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Course title Prague School Theories
Course code URO/0TPS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pešek Ondřej, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. History of the Prague linguistic circle. 2. The most important personalities of the Prague linguistic school. 3. Prague functional structuralism - main principals. 4. Concepts - "system", "structure", "function". 5. The Prague theory of synchrony and diachrony, "elastic stability", therapeutic changes. 6. Prague phonology. 7. Norm, usage, codification - Prague theory of the standard language culture. 8. Functional sentence perspective and thematic progressions. 9. Centre and periphery in the language system. 10. Typology. 11. Functional generative approach. 12. Prague structuralism and literary science. 13. Reception of Prague theories throughout the wolrd.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to acquaint students with the Prague school theories and with its contribution to the world linguistics. Historical and political aspects of creation and activities of the Prague linguistic circle will also be mentioned.
Student will acquire an outline of main Prague school theories.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Final oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • HAJIČOVÁ, E. - PANEVOVÁ, J. - SGALL, P. (2002). Úvod do teoretické a počítačové lingvistiky, UK Praha, Praha..
  • MATHESIUS, V. (1982). Jazyk, kultura a slovesnost, Praha, Odeon..
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de (1996). Kurs obecné lingvistiky, Praha, Academia..
  • SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de (2002). Écrits de linguistique générale, Paris, Gallimard..
  • SÉRIOT, P. (2002). Struktura a celek: intelektuální počátky strukturalismu ve střední a východní Evropě. Praha..
  • SKALIČKA, V.. Kodaňský strukturalismus a "pražská škola", in: Slovo a slovesnost 10, s. 135..
  • SLÁDEK, Č. (2006). Český strukturalismus po poststrukturalismu. Brno..
  • TRNKA, B. (1990). Kapitoly z funkční jazykovědy - Studies in functional linguistics, Praha, Univerzita Karlova..
  • VACHEK , J. (1964). A Prague School Reader in Linguistics, Bloomington, Indiana university press..
  • VACHEK, J. (ed.) (1970). U základů pražské jazykovědné školy. Praha..
  • VACHEK, J. (ed.) (1972). Z klasického období pražské školy 1925 -1945. Praha..
  • VACHEK, J. (1999). Prolegomena k dějinám Pražské školy jazykovědné. Praha..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 13.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026