PhDr. Vít Dovalil, Ph.D.
Section:
GER
e-mail:
vitek [dot] dovalil KlammerAffe ff [dot] cuni [dot] cz
Office:
320
Office Hours:
1:45pm – 3:15pm Tuesday (2/21 – 5/16) [Summer Term 2016/2017] in 320
Born:
1974 See also his personal page at the University of Freiburg website
Professional Focus
- Introduction to linguistics
- Morphology and syntax of the current German
- Sociolinguistics – language norms, standardization, standard language, language policy, language law
Biography and Research
- Bibliography (PDF, update: 16/2015)
Education
- 1992 – finished grammar school (with a focus on foreign languages) in Pardubice
- 1992 - 1997 Master's degree in German philology and political science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague
- 1994 - 1999 Master's degree in law, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague
- 1999 – 2000 and 2001 – 2002 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Neuphilologische Fakultät, Graduiertenkolleg „Dynamik von Substandardvarietäten“
- November, 2003 – Ph.D. dissertation „Ausgewählte grammatische Phänomene des neuen Standards und der Destandardisierung im geschriebenen Gegenwartsdeutsch“
- defended in April, 2004
- August 2006 – short-term research scholarship: New York University (focus: language policy)
- since 2007 – Ph.D. study at the Law faculty of Charles University, topic: Sprache als Hindernis für die Freizügigkeit
Short-term scholarships abroad
- winter term 1995/1996 – Universität Konstanz (Hauptseminare in Soziolinguistik, Dialektologie und Fachspracheforschung)
- July 1998 – Universität Oxford (Bodleian Library, Bodleian Law Library, St. Peters College). Preparation works for the Master's thesis at the Law faculty of Charles University – Vacarius a recepce římského práva v Anglii.
Work (in the field)
- 1997 – 2003: assistant, Department of Germanic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
- 2004 until now: assistant professor, Department of Germanic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
- 2000 – 2006: secretary of the Department
- 2011 until now: director of the Department
Membership in Science Societies
- Since 1999 – Czech Germanic Philologist' Union
- Since 2005 – Prague Linguistic Circle
Teaching
Sociolinguistics
- Focus: Variationslinguistik, Standardsprache-Forschung, Sprachenpolitik
- Taught seminars: Grundbegriffe der Soziolinguistik (WS 2003/2004), Einführung in die Soziolinguistik (WS 2006/2007), Sprachnormenforschung (SS 2006 und WS * 2008/2009), Standardsprache und Standardisierungsprozesse als soziolinguistische Phänomene (SS 2005), Soziolinguistik und Sprachmanagement (SS 2008), Sprachenpolitik (WS 2004/2005)
Morphology and Syntax of the Current German
- Teaching – seminars since 1998, lectures since 2004
- Grammar exercises since 1998
Introduction to Linguistics
- Teaching – seminars since 1997, lectures since 2004