Overview
The goal is to recognize and understand the diachronic development of languages, primarily Indo-European; to understand structures and trajectories, on which these structures are changing and to acquaint the basic language facts and methodology.
The goals of the study are:
- to acquaint the basic typological and structural properties of the language systems of the old Indo-European languages;
- to acquaint the needed methodology of the diachronic description of languages;
- to apply these methods to analyse a concrete problem (the subject of the Ph.D. thesis)
The Comparative Indo-European Linguistics program at Masaryk University is a possible superstructure either for the M.A. program "General linguistics" (of the same department) or any other concrete philology of a given IE language.
The students follow an individual study plan, framed up by their supervisor and oriented toward a concrete methodological development and linguistic analysis. The study is single-subject only.
Career opportunities
The study is primarily for those interested in the professional carrier in academics.Programme Structure
After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:
- both synchronically and diachronically analyze the systems and structures of the Indo-European languages
- apply the chosen method independently
- bring own innovative approach both material and methodological
- to write a paper and publish it, to actively take part on the scientific conferences
- know the history of the methods of the Indo-European linguistics
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
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Language Studies European Studies Linguistics View 6 other PhDs in Language Studies in Czech RepublicAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Submission of an electronic application in the Masaryk University Information System.Submission of applicant's Master's Thesis:
- Applicants from outside of Masaryk University: Submission of a copy of the applicant's Master's Thesis. If this is not available, an English-language summary of the Thesis must be provided together with a minimum twenty-page sample of the applicant's academic or scholarly writing in English.
- Graduates of Masaryk University need not submit a copy of their Master's Thesis, as theses are available to the Doctoral Studies Committee via the Masaryk University Information System.
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2000 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2000 EUR per year during 48 months. -
EU/EEA
2000 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2000 EUR per year during 48 months.
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