Syllabus
Course contents: Language as an object of scientific research. Language system and its structure.
Wider and deepened interrelations between linguistic disciplines (phonetics and phonology, orthoepy, transliteration, orthography and graphics, accentology, grammar, lexicology, lexicography). Language and speech.
Synchronous and diachronous definition of language. Concise characteristics of historical comparative linguistics and its methodology.
Geneological and typological classification of languages (by choice). Knowledge of language origin and its development, relation between language and thinking.
Basic movements and representatives of Russian and world linguistics.
Annotation
Course aim: Comprehensive summary of linguistic disciplines (phonetics, morphology, syntax, lexicology and stylistics), which were explained in previous semesters, in their interrelations and with emphasis on state final MA examination requirements.
Students learn about some important linguistic problems based on Russian language subjects explained and discussed in previous years of study. The aim is to deepen students? skills of textual analysis and to inform them about the latest linguistic issues, resources and literature.
Course contents: Language as an object of scientific research. Language system and its structure. Wider and deepened interrelations between linguistic disciplines (phonetics and phonology, orthoepy, transliteration, orthography and graphics, accentology, grammar, lexicology, lexicography). Language and speech. Synchronous and diachronous definition of language. Concise characteristics of historical comparative linguistics and its methodology. Geneological and typological classification of languages (by choice). Knowledge of language origin and its development, relation between language and thinking. Basic movements and representatives of Russian and world linguistics.