Общее языкознание

Магистратура 2023/2024

Статус: Курс обязательный (Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация)

Направление: 45.04.02. Лингвистика

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Где читается: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Яковенко Екатерина Борисовна

Прогр. обучения: Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 30

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Human language can be defined in dozens of ways: as a means of communication, a universal code, a ramified system, cultural legacy, an innate gift, a miracle… Whatever it is, language always remains in the focus of scholarly attention and its study requires much effort. Students taking this course will be able to find their way in the language hierarchy, detect change in phonetics, grammar and vocabulary of modern languages, investigate language contacts arising in all corners of the world, observe linguistic diversity and discuss endangered languages, contrast languages and reveal their common and specific features, as well as plunge into the history of linguistics and follow the evolution of the linguistic thought from the earliest times up to the present. A short preliminary course making part of the discipline and familiarizing participants with basics of linguistics will facilitate its mastering even by students having no professional linguistic training.

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.

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.

Course Contents

Key issues of linguistics
Linguistic typology

Assessment Elements

oral participation
This 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.
online course
Students take an online course suggested by the teacher and study the videos independently. The students' progress is controlled by the teacher by means of a written offline test.
test
presenatation
exam
Two theoretical issues prepared in class.

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 3rd module
0.3 * exam + 0.1 * online course + 0.2 * oral participation + 0.2 * presenatation + 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

Course Syllabus