Research and Design Seminar "Modern Digital Technologies of Text Analytics"

2026/2027

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент фундаментальной и прикладной лингвистики

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 2 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

In the Project Seminar Modern Digital Technologies of Text Analytics (2nd year) various modern methods and techniques are studied. Multiple text types (including multimodal, different genres) are tackled with the use of software. Programming using R and Python is applied to work with Big Data. The aim of the seminar is to revise and evaluate and put into practice familiar as well as brand-new approaches.

Learning Objectives

• the development of skills based on qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques that allow to evaluate the characteristics of various communicative situations of discourse; the development of skills concerning corpus and other computer methods and techniques that allow to evaluate the characteritics of various communicative situations of discourse; the development of skills using qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques that allow to evaluate individual style features (idiostyle features) of communicants in discourse; training of masters , to do independent research design and organizational work.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Apply quantitative and qualitative methods to assess text difficulty across different genres and audiences.
• Adapt and simplify texts for specific target audiences while preserving their meaning, accuracy, and communicative purpose.
• Identify and evaluate linguistic and textual features that contribute to text complexity

Course Contents

• Text Complexity Assessment

Assessment Elements

• home assignment
• активность

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 2nd module
  0.2 * активность + 0.8 * home assignment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Davies, A., & Elder, C. (2004). The Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=108713
• Kaplan R. B. (ed.) The Oxford handbook of applied linguistics. – Oxford University Press, 2010.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Jurij D. Apresjan, & Dina B. Crockett. (2018). Principles and Methods in Contemporary Structural Linguistics: Vol. Reprint 2018. De Gruyter Mouton.

Authors

• Balakina Iuliia Vladimirovna