Research Seminar "Axiological Linguistics"

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Мошняга Елена Викторовна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed at exploring the following specific issues: linguocultures through the lens of value systems; linguosemiotic modelling of values; axiological components of linguocultural concepts; types of axiogenic situations: communicative contexts and linguistic representations; value orientations as roadmaps of communicative behavior

Learning Objectives

• 1. building up students’ theoretical and practical knowledge within the domain of axiological linguistics with a focus on value-based linguasemiotics and linguacultural studies; 2. developing students’ competences as the ability and preparedness to apply knowledge, skills, and experience within the domain of axiological linguistics in professional activities

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students can distinguish values as basic elements of cultures.
• Students can trace and analyze the evolution and modification of values.
• Students can analyze and interpret linguacultures through the lens of value systems.
• Students can conceptualize the phenomenon of “linguistic personality”.
• Students can distinguish and categorize linguacultural types.
• Students can develop a research model of a linguacultural type.
• Students can distinguish linguacultural and linguacognitive concepts.
• Students can do a comprehensive in-depth analysis of linguistic concepts.
• Students can do the linguasemiotic modelling of values.
• Students can distinguish and define axiogenic situations.
• Students can analyze different types of axiogenic situations.
• Students can model axiogenic situations in different types of discourse and communicative contexts.
• Students can use methods of conceptual analysis, content analysis, discourse analysis and achieve valid results in axiological linguistics research.
• Students can trace and interpret new trends and perspectives in the field of axiological linguistics.
• Students can apply triangulation while doing research in axiological linguistics.

Course Contents

• Linguacultures through the Lens of Value Systems
• Value Aspect of a Linguistic Personality
• Axiological Components of Linguacultural Concepts
• Types of Axiogenic Situations
• Research in Axiological Linguistics

Assessment Elements

• Class participation
  Participating in the discussion of the problems on the topics of the course, answering topical questions, commenting, providing arguments, examples and illustrative cases
• Practical and analytical assignments
  Completing homework assignments within the topic segments of the course, reading, analyzing, commenting
• Analytical essay
  Writing an analytical essay on one of the topics within axiological linguistics
• Project
  Doing research and presenting its results in class as a research project

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.25 * Analytical essay + 0.25 * Class participation + 0.25 * Practical and analytical assignments + 0.25 * Project

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Quantitative research in linguistics : an introduction, Rasinger, S. M., 2011
• В поисках концепта, Прохоров, Ю. Е., 2008
• Введение в когнитивную лингвистику : учеб. пособие, Маслова, В. А., 2006
• Когнитивная лингвистика : курс лекций, Скребцова, Т. Г., 2011
• Лингвокультурология : учеб. пособие для вузов, Маслова, В. А., 2010
• Этнопсихолингвистика и лингвокультурология : Курс лекций, Красных, В.В., 2002
• Язык и мысль : современная когнитивная лингвистика, , 2015
• Язык социального статуса, Карасик, В. И., 2002
• Языковой круг : личность, концепты, дискурс, Карасик, В. И., 2004

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• "Свой" среди "чужих": миф или реальность?, Красных, В. В., 2003
• The Cambridge handbook of cognitive linguistics, , 2017