Theoretical Models and Methods in Language Description

2019/2020

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа лингвистики

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 2, 3 модуль

Преподаватели

Козлов Алексей Андреевич

Филиппова Татьяна Анатольевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is compulsory for the students of the MA program Linguistic theory and language description (NRU HSE). This course continues the same-named one given to the students of the 1-st year. There are two themes in focus: formal syntax and corpus linguistics.

Learning Objectives

• There are two themes in focus: 1) formal syntax and explanation of ellipsis, 2) corpus linguistics
• The course is not for beginners. it reqiires basic knowledge of linguistic theory.
• This course helps the students develop their research skills. They become familiar with new research methods they may apply in their future carear.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The students are able to reproduse the main ideas of formal approach to ellipsis.
• The students are able to interpret syntactic tree parsing with ellipsis.
• The students are able to explain ellipsis using contemporary formal approaches.
• The students are able to name no less than 5 corpora.
• The students are able to find data in question using at least one corpus using relevant queries.
• The students are able to yield statistic data from corpora and evaluate them.

Course Contents

• Formal syntax: Approaches to Ellipsis in Formal Frameworks
• Corpus linguistics

Assessment Elements

• quiz
  there are several quizez during the syntactical pert of the course
• quiz
• quiz
• quiz
• quiz
  The students may repass all the quizez and homeworks no later than 7 days before session. The tasks are the same.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.2 * quiz + 0.2 * quiz + 0.2 * quiz + 0.2 * quiz + 0.2 * quiz

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• McEnery, T., & Hardie, A. (2012). Corpus Linguistics : Method, Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=408835

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• BIBER, D., CONRAD, S., & REPPEN, R. (1994). Corpus-based Approaches to Issues in Applied Linguistics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.562A0C90