Master
2024/2025
General Linguistics
Type:
Compulsory course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies:
Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Ekaterina Yakovenko
Master’s programme:
Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course offers an in-depth exploration of the scientific study of language, covering its structural, cognitive, social, and computational dimensions. This course aims at equipping students with theoretical and methodological expertise in core areas such as phonetics, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, while also providing some introduction to such modern subfields as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, or computational linguistics. Through a combination of coursework, seminars, and independent research, students are expected to develop strong analytical and empirical skills, allowing to compare and contrast different languages.
Learning Objectives
- To study the main aspects and properties of language, as language structure, origin of language, language change, language contacts, etc.
- To study typology of languages, to reveal common and specific features of languages of the world in their phonetic, phonological, lexical, morphological, syntactic, as well as genetic and social aspects.
- To study, analyze, and comment on the key modern approaches to different language research, specifically approaches within such linguistic branches as cognitive and neurolinguistics, computational and corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students identify, analyze, and comment on the main main aspects and properties of language, as language structure, origin of language, language change, functioning in the society, language contacts, etc.
- Students indentify, analyze, and comment on the principles of phonetic, phonological, lexical, morphological, syntactic typology of languages, as well as their genealogical and social classification.
- Students analyze, and comment on the key modern approaches to language studies.
- Students identify, analyze, and comment on the main aspects and properties of language, as language structure, origin of language, language change, etc.
Assessment Elements
- oral participationThis element implies the discussion of 1) the issues suggested by the teacher and prepared by the students in advance in accordance with the seminar assignment; 2) new topics. The teacher involves into the discussion as many students as possible, selecting for the answer those volunteering to speak and those abstaining from active participation.
- test
- Presentaation
- online course
- exam
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.2 * Presentaation + 0.3 * exam + 0.1 * online course + 0.2 * oral participation + 0.2 * test
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- An introduction to language and linguistics, , 2011
- Rowe, B. M., & Levine, D. P. (2018). A Concise Introduction to Linguistics (Vol. Fifth edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1775794
- Общее языкознание. Структурная и социальная типология языков : учеб. пособие, Мечковская, Н. Б., 2001
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- How languages work : an introduction to language and linguistics, , 2014
- Joe E. Pierce. (2019). Languages and Linguistics : An Introduction (Vol. Reprint 2019). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2040319