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Course: Development and History of Spanish Language

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Course title Development and History of Spanish Language
Course code URO/0VHS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Spanish
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)
  • Prokop Josef, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Development and language change, internal and external causes. 2. Periodization of the history of Spanish. 3. Diachronic Phonemics. Vocalism, diptongation, yod. 4. Consonantic changes. Palatalization, sonorization, fricativization. 5. Nouns: reduction of case morphology, substantive classes and genders. 6. Adjectives: genders, gradation, position. 7. Pronouns: personal, three-gradual deixis, formation of article. 8. Verb. syntetic and analytic forms, decay of mediopassive. 9. Diachronic syntax: typological change, word order, reduction of non-clausal subordination. Analysis of texts, lexicon. 10. Dialectal variation: Spain and America.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The course aims on introduction to development of Spanish language in relation to other Romance languages and dialects, periodization of the development. Introduction to basic phonetic, morphological and syntactic changes, non-Latin elements in the language. Historical and current dialects. Spanish in America. Stress on contrastive and comparative characterization of the phenomena in Romance languages.
Students will be introduced to the baseic historical dvelopment of Spanish language and to its diversity.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Exam, list of the bibliography.
Recommended literature
  • ALARCOS LLORACH, EMILIO. 1991. "Fonología diacrónica". En: Fonología Espanola. 209-281. Madrid: Gredos..
  • AMADO ALONSO, 1968. Castellano, espanol, idioma nacional, Buenos Aires, Losada, 4..
  • ARIZA VIGUERA, MANUEL, 1989. Manual de Fonología Histórica del Espanol. Madrid: Sintesis..
  • FRAGO GRACIA, JUAN ANTONIO, 1999. Historia del espanol de América. Madrid, Gredos..
  • GARCÍA MOUTON, Pilar, (2002). Lenguas y dialectos de Espana. Madrid: Arco-Libros..
  • GAUGER, HANS-MARTIN, 1989. Introduccion a la lingüsítica románica. Madrid, Gredos..
  • KAFKA, Stanislav, 1998. Cesta k moderní španělštině. Ostravská univerzita..
  • LAPESA, RAFAEL. 1980. Historia de la Lengua Espanola. Madrid: Gredos..
  • LAPESA, RAFAEL, 2000. Estudios de morfosintaxis histórica del espaňol. Madrid, Gredos..
  • OSTRÁ, SPITZOVÁ, 1973. Úvod do studia románských jazyků. SPN Praha..
  • OSTRÁ, (1967). Úvod do dějin španělského jazyka. SPN Praha..
  • PAVLÍČKOVÁ, A., (1990). Historia y Desarrollo de la Lengua Espanola. České Budějovice: PF JU ČB..
  • VAQUERO DE RAMÍREZ, M., (2003). El espaňol de América I. Pronunciación. Madrid, Arco Libros..
  • VESELÁ, JANA, 2006. La unidad del idioma espanol. En: Lingua viva. 2/2006, České Budějovice..
  • ZAMORA, ALONSO VICENTE, 1989. Dialectología Espanola. Madrid: Gredos..
  • ZAVADIL, BOHUMIL, (1998). Vývoj španělského jazyka I. Praha: Karolinum..
  • ZAVADIL, BOHUMIL, (2004). Vývoj španělského jazyka II. Praha: Karolinum..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 30.10.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026