Master
2022/2023
Heritage Russian language
Type:
Elective course (Russian as a Foreign Language in Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Perspective)
Area of studies:
Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Linguistics
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 2, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Master’s programme:
Russian as a Foreign Language in Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Perspective
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This elective is an advanced course intended for students who wish to take a deeper insight into the nature of heritage languages. Students are given the opportunity to examine various approaches and methodologies applied to heritage languages and their speakers to effectively compare them with monolinguals and L2 learners.
Learning Objectives
- Students will reason about the nature of heritage languages; identify linguistic theories that benefit from the research of heritage languages; demonstrate knowledge of the most common methodologies applied in the research of heritage languages, and evaluate popular views on the nature of their speakers.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Learn how to investigate data produced by heritage speakers and analyze it in relation to its specific features
Course Contents
- Social aspect of bilingualism
- Morphology
- Syntax-discourse interface
- Syntax-semantics interface
- Language attrition
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Dr. Annick De Houwer. (2009). Bilingual First Language Acquisition. Multilingual Matters.
- Polinsky, M. (2018). Heritage Languages and Their Speakers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1875058
- Tania Ivanova-Sullivan. (2014). Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of Syntax-Discourse Interface in Heritage Grammars. Brill.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- KUPISCH, T. (2012). Specific and generic subjects in the Italian of German–Italian simultaneous bilinguals and L2 learners. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition ; Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 736-756 ; ISSN 1366-7289 1469-1841. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1366728911000691