Bachelor
2023/2024
Research Seminar "Actual and Historical Processes in English Lexical System"
Type:
Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies:
Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
26
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The vocabulary of any language is an inventory of elements connected by various kinds of relations. This system, developing over time and experiencing the impact of society, is an important component of the worldview displayed in the language.
The research seminar, which uses the latest achievements of Russian and foreign cognitive linguistics, synchronic and diachronic lexicology and lexicography, aims to familiarize students with particularities of the lexical system of the English language and give an idea of etymological, semantic, morphological, word-formation, stylistic properties of the English vocabulary.
The research seminar implies mastering various methods of vocabulary analysis, gaining experience in selecting language material, setting tasks, performing, presenting and discussing research. The culmination of the seminar is the preparation of a group project implying a multi-faceted description of an English lexical grouping (a lexico-semantic field or its fragments) within the framework of lexical typology.
The prerequisites for taking the course are: English B2, Introduction to Linguistics.