15SFSF015 - History of the Serbian Language 1

Course specification
Course title History of the Serbian Language 1
Acronym 15SFSF015
Study programme Serbian Philology: Serbian Language and Literature
Module
Type of study first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
    ESPB 5.0 Status
    Condition Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal The objective of the course is to acquaint students with: (1) the “external” history of the Serbian language, (2) the principles and methodology of historical phonology, and (3) phonological changes in Serbian.
    The outcome After the course the student is able to: (1) know what are the relevant research questions in historical phonology, (2) recognise and interpret the external and internal motivation of phonological changes in Serbian, (3) explain the phonological phenomena in Old Serbian texts, (4) diachronically explain the modern Serbian phonological phenomena.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures 1. Outlines of the external history of the Serbian language (The Settlement of the Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula; Pre-Slavic language substratum in the Balkans; Eastern–Western division of the South Slavic language region; The Balkan Sprachbund; Divisions within South-Western Slavic language subregion; The Serbian language and Shtokavian); 2. Sources for studying the history of the Serbian language; 3. Key questions for historical phonology (Types of sound changes; Structural causes of sound change; Sound changes caused by language contact; The influence of syllable structure); 4. The main changes in the vowel system from Late Proto-Slavic to Modern Serbian (The common initial South Slavic vowel system; The first stage of the vowel changes; The consequences of loss of weak yers: fleeting yer, secondary yer, assimilation of voice, assimilation by place of articulation, simplification of consonant groups, etc.; The second stage of the vowel changes); 5. The main changes in the prosodic system from Late Proto-Slavic to Modern Serbian (The common initial South Slavic prosodic system; The Serbian accent shifts and their consequences); 6. The main changes in the consonant system from Late Proto-Slavic to Modern Serbian (The common initial South Slavic consonant system; Causes and consequences of consonant changes: the sonorant system, the plosive system, the fricative system, the affricate system; Palatalizations; Iotations).
    Contents of exercises Reading and phonological analysis of Old Serbian texts
    Literature
    1. Belić, Aleksandar. "The History of the Serbian Language". [Selected Works, IV]. Belgrade: Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika, 1999, 7–151.
    2. Ivić, Pavle. "The Serbian people and their language". Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga, 1986, 7–82.
    3. Ivić, Pavle. "Discussions, Studies, Articles 1. On the Phonology" [Complete Works, X/1]. Sremski Karlovci & Novi Sad: Izdavačka knjižarnica Zorana Stojanovića, 2016, 308–475.
    4. Subotić, Ljiljana. "Historical Linguistics. Phonological changes and morphological alternations (Neogrammarian, Structuralism, Generative Grammar)". Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy University of Novi Sad, 2002, (selected chapters).
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    2 2
    Methods of teaching (1) Lecture, (2) class discussion, (3) presentation, (4) problem solving
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures 5 Test paper
    Practical lessons 5 Oral examination 30
    Projects
    Colloquia 60
    Seminars
    Vrh strane