Master 2025/2026

Russian Linguistics

Type: Elective course (Linguistic Theory and Language Description)

Delivered by: School of Linguistics

When: 1 year, 2, 3 module

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

An introductive course of Russian dialectology for students who are interested in history of language. The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the study of Russian dialects. Various dimensions of dialectal variation may be targeted, including phonetics, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. More specifically, two geographical area of the author’s deeper expertise will be focused on, the Arkhangelsk and Zakarpatje dialects. The course views dialects primarily from the viewpoint of historical linguistics but also of sociolinguistic variation.Prerequisites: - the course "History of the Russian language" or - the course "Theoretical grammar of the Russian language" or an interview with the lecturer