Towards language universals through lexical semantics: introduction to lexical and semantic typology

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент психологии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 1 модуль

Преподаватель

Леонова Полина Ильинична

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is designed for students of linguistic programs (BA, MA, PhD), as well as for teachers and researchers in the named field. The course contains the overview of different approaches to the semantic description of lexical items and lexical systems in different languages and discusses the methodology of Moscow Lexical Typology Group (lecture 1). This methodology (“frame approach”) is illustrated with the data of the following domains: aquamotion verbs (lecture 2), verbs of falling (lecture 3), adjectives denoting oldness (lecture 4) and pain metaphors (lecture 5 and 6). The results of the analyses are visualized with specially constructed lexical semantic maps. Instructor:Ekaterina Rakhilina, Professor, School of Linguistics. Higher School of Economics. https://ru.coursera.org/learn/lexical-semantic-typology

Learning Objectives

• The aim of the course is to obtain the idea of the lexicon as a complex system and to get the methodology of the typological approach to the lexicon cross-linguistically, as well as to learn about the general mechanisms of semantic shift and their typological relevance.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Can apply the basic methods of the analysis of lexical meaning to different lexical domains
• Knows the basic principles of lexical organization, the main parameters of semantic variations in lexicon

Course Contents

• Towards language universals through lexical semantics:introduction to lexical and semantic typology

Assessment Elements

• Активность
• Тест

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 1st module
  0.2 * Активность + 0.8 * Тест

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Raible, W. (n.d.). Language universals and language typology. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3456796F

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Velupillai, V. (2012). An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=473816

Authors

• KHARKHURIN ANATOLIY VLADIMIROVICH