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Functional Approaches to Natural Language

2023/2024
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Delivered at:
School of Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
1 year, 3 module

Instructor

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The goals of studying the discipline "Functional Models in Natural Language" are getting acquainted with the basic aspects of linguistic modelling and with their application for the solution of practical tasks in the field of applied linguistics.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The course is designed to help the students to deepen their knowledge of the contemporary trends in linguistics. Lectures are followed by seminars, where the essential concepts and tenets of each theory are discussed. The course focuses on major theories in linguistics of the 20th and 21st century that have been developing from the time of its appearance as a scholarly discipline. The course covers such fields and trends of language studies as American structuralism (L. Bloomfield), functionalist linguistics (the Prague school), generative linguistics (N. Chomsky), cognitive linguistics (G. Lakoff) and semantics (J. Katz). The uniqueness of the course is in the use of authentic materials (academic articles and books) and the English language in the classroom, which is aimed to encourage the students’ confidence in professional communication.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • The learning objectives of the course are as follows: • to give the students knowledge of functional models in modern linguistics; • to help students master competencies, which will allow them to be successful in their professional interaction.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Course Syllabus
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Attendance and Participation
  • non-blocking Final Test
  • non-blocking Project 1
  • non-blocking Project 2
  • non-blocking Project 3
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 3rd module
    0.15 * Attendance and Participation + 0.25 * Final Test + 0.2 * Project 1 + 0.2 * Project 2 + 0.2 * Project 3
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Baker, P. (2009). Contemporary Corpus Linguistics. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=344364
  • Baker, P., Hardie, A., & McEnery, T. (2006). A Glossary of Corpus Linguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=169612
  • Bennett, P. R. (1998). Comparative Semitic Linguistics : A Manual. Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=444743
  • 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
  • Biber, D., Csomay, E., & Cortes, V. (2015). Corpus-based Research in Applied Linguistics : Studies in Honor of Doug Biber. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Croft, W., & Cruse, D. A. (2004). Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=148123
  • Evans, V. Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction / Vyvyan Evans, Melanie Green. - Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. – 830 p. – ISBN 9780748618323. – Текст: электронный // DB Proquest Ebook Central (ebrary) [сайт]. - URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-
  • Evans, V., & Green, M. (2006). Cognitive Linguistics : An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=163366
  • Evans, V., & Green, M. (2015). Cognitive Linguistics : An Introduction. New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1920444
  • Fuchs, Z., Gries, S. T., & Brdar, M. (2011). Cognitive Linguistics : Convergence and Expansion. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=401190
  • Gayda Bachmid. (2017). Arabic Linguistics in Historical and Islamic Culture Perspectives. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.773D57D6
  • Helen E Moss, Lorraine K Tyler, & Kirsten I Taylor. (n.d.). Chapter for Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics Address for Correspondence. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.9CFA1A44
  • Holmes, J., & Wilson, N. (2017). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Vol. Fifth Edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1467482
  • Laura A. Janda. (2013). Cognitive Linguistics – The Quantitative Turn : The Essential Reader. De Gruyter Mouton.
  • 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
  • Mitkov R. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of computational linguistics. – Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • 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
  • Ruiz, M. S. (2020). Contribution of psycholinguistics to the psychopedagogical training ; Contribución de la Psicolingüística a la formación psicopedagógica.
  • Saussure, F. de, & Harris, R. (2013). Course in General Linguistics. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=654248
  • Wardhaugh, R., & Fuller, J. M. (2015). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Vol. Seventh edition). [Hoboken, NJ]: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=862097

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Lawrence S. Moss, & Hans-jörg Tiede. (n.d.). 19 Applications of Modal Logic in Linguistics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.88CFDF1B

Authors

  • BANNIKOV KONSTANTIN VALEREVICH
  • SOSNIN ALEKSEY VLADIMIROVICH
  • MERKULOVA EDITA NIKOLAEVNA