2026/2027
Основы формальной и функциональной лингвистики
Статус:
Маго-лего
Кто читает:
Школа лингвистики
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Язык:
русский
Кредиты:
6
Контактные часы:
64
Программа дисциплины
Аннотация
The course covers different topics in the formal studies of syntax, morphology and semantics, focusing on the generative framework as the most influential one in this domain. The course goes over a wide range of linguistic phenomena highlighting major debates in the field, advantages and disadvantages of formal approaches (in general and in their different varieties) and giving a wider perspective on their role in the study of various phenomena. The course also presupposes an introduction to functional and cognitive linguistics as opposed to formal approaches to natural language. The course comprises several lectures on main tenets, methodological peculiarities and the most important domains of research in functional linguistics, as well as discussions of various case studies and seminal papers.
Цель освоения дисциплины
- to introduce students to theoretical apparatus, key notions, history, heritage and main principles of functional and cognitive linguistics, the form vs. function controversy in modern linguistics
- to introduce students to the mainstream branches and schools of functional and cognitive linguistics
- to introduce students to methodological aspects of functional and cognitive linguistics
- to introduce students to the methodology of formal grammar and semantics and to the major questions that these frameworks seek to answer
- to discuss linguistic phenomena that played a crucial role for these frameworks
- to teach students how to use up-to-date conceptual apparatus, methods and argumentation in these domains
- to introduce students to critical thinking and reasoning within and outside cognitive linguistics
- to introduce students to the most salient papers (in English) on various aspects of functional, cognitive, and generative linguistics
Планируемые результаты обучения
- is able to analyze sentence structure using different formal methods
- understands the argumentation the formal syntactic models rely on
- understands the complexity of formal syntactic model
- understands the diversity of formal semantic model
- A student understands the subject of cognitive and functional linguistics, its fields, connections with other (cognitive) sciences
- A student understands main conceptions of the most significant scientific cognitive linguistics schools
- A student is able to collect empirical data and apply methodological principles to various theoretical tasks
- A student is able to make empirical observations and theoretical generalizations
- A student is able to understand, interpret and discuss papers (in English) on various aspects of functional and cognitive linguistics
Содержание учебной дисциплины
- The basics of generative grammar: a recapitulation
- Modality, tense and aspect in the syntactic structure
- Noun phrases, relative clauses, argument structure.
- Information structure in formal approaches. Quantifiers; negative and positive polarity items.
- Introduction into Functional and Cognitive Linguistics
- Main principles of cognitive-functional linguistics
- Methodological issues
- Cognitive models of language acquisition
- Beyond (spoken) language
Элементы контроля
- Oral presentation (functional models)Reading and presenting a paper in small groups
- Oral presentation (formal models)
- Homework 1 (formal models)
- Essay (functional models)written assignment on one of the topics discussed during the course
- In-class participation (functional models)discussing problematic issues in class
- Homework 2 (formal models)
Промежуточная аттестация
- 2026/2027 3rd moduleFunctional models = 0.4 Oral presentation + 0.4 Essay + 0.2 In-class participation Formal models: 0.3 Homework 1 + 0.3 Homework 2 + 0.4 Presentation Final Grade: 0.5 functional models + 0.5 formal models
