Russian and Slavonic Cultural Linguistics
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Course code
SKS7254.HT
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Course title in Estonian
Vene ja slaavi keele- ja kultuurilugu
Course title in English
Russian and Slavonic Cultural Linguistics
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
- to introduce basic concepts of language and culture studies;
- to present connections and historical and typological relations between Russian and other Slavonic languages and cultures.
Brief description of the course
Linguistic anthropology and relations between languages and cultures. Brief history of Slavonic languages and Slavonic studies. Slavonic languages in contact. Contemporary Slavonic languages and their speakers. Traditional beliefs, their reflection in language and transformations in the modern world. Key concepts of culture in comparative perspective. Texts and text corpora in studying cultural linguistics. Literary texts as sociocultural and linguistic sources.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and understands basic concepts of language and culture studies;
- gets deeper insights into historical and typological relations between Russian and other Slavonic languages and cultures;
- can analyze cultural facts through the lens of language and comparative linguistic studies.
Teacher
Kapitolina Fedorova
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