Course code

FET6009

old course code

FET6009

Course title in Estonian

Eesti-vene kõrvutav keelekäsitlus

Course title in English

Estonian-Russian Comprative Use of Language

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide an overview of comparative linguistics and Estonian-Russian typological differences.

Brief description of the course

Introduction, main part, historical overview: Panin’s, Greek and Alexandrian schools, medieval grammars, the grammar of Port-Royal, comparative grammar (Bopp, Grimm), Neogrammarians. Contemporary typological treatments. Estonian-Russian language relations: historical aspect, Russian influence on Estonian, Estonian influence on the language of the Russians in Estonia. Phonetical accent. Russian accent in Estonian: temporal structure, vowel segments, consonantism, palatalization. Lexicology: meaning, adaptation of foreign words. Evaluative category, generic category, number. Verb: temporal category, aspect, kinds of speech, mood, voice, non-finite verb forms. Declinable words. Cases. Adjective and comparison. Question, word order. Sociolinguistic and sociocultural differences, differences between non-verbal means of expression.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Loengud, seminarid, rühmatööd. Individuaaltööd.

Teacher

dots Mart Rannut, van-tead Pille Eslon

Prerequisite course 1

Estonian Syntax (FET6008)