RSn068 Linguoculturological Specifics of Russian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Olga Berger, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Olga Berger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Olga Berger, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 16:00–17:40 A31
Prerequisites
The course is intended for those students who know Russian at minimum B2 level that’s why it’s not recommended to the first-year bachelor students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The aim of the course is to provide general overview of linguoculturological movements and to familiarize with basic linguarealia and concepts typical for the Russian culture. The course is focused on the connection of cultural and historical phenomena with their reflection in the language and on the correct interpretation and semantization of language units based on the knowledge of Russian culture.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the student will be able:
- to distinguish and to use basic linguoculturological terms;
- to describe linguoculturological methods;
- to have an overview about Russian basic concepts;
- to interpret and to explain the meaning of the particular precedential expressions and statements;
- to connect cultural and historical phenomena with their reflection in the language.
Key topics
  • 1. The language picture of the world. Linguoculturology. Mentality.
  • 2. The Russian language sphere of concepts. Concepts.
  • 3. Component analysis of meanings.
  • 4. Two kinds of Russian culture: people’s, unofficial and official, book; double naming in Russian (glaza—oči, gorod—grad, istina—pravda, styd— sram atd.). “Practical idealism”.
  • 5. Significant words for Russian culture (zaodno, ujut, vratʼ, guljatʼ, duša, žalostʼ atd.).
  • 6. Expressing of national culturological specifics at different language levels (morphemics, word-forming, morphology, syntax).
  • 7. Linguirealia (precedential statements and expressions from Russian literature and films, the Soviet cliché).
  • 8. Euphemisms and their classification. Typical Russian euphemisms.
  • 9. Active processes in modern Russian language from linguoculturological spesifics point of view.
  • 10. The competition of “Word of the Year” and “Slovar’ peremen” as the reflection of the modern world.
  • 11. General vocabulary of Russian and the way linguists work with it.
  • 12. Summary.
Study resources and literature
  • Arutjunova, N. D. Jazyk i mir čeloveka, 1998
  • Irina Dulebová, Nina Cingerová, Katarína Hrčková. Glosár ruských lingvoreálií. Bratislava: STIMUL, 2016.
  • Apresjan, J. D. Obraz čeloveka po dannym jazyka: popytka sistemnogo opisanija. VJa, 1995
  • KOLESOV, Vladimir Viktorovič and Marina Vladimirovna PIMENOVA. Jazykovyje osnovy russkoj mental'nosti : učebnoje posobije. 5-je izdanije, stereotipnoje. Moskva: Flinta, 2017, 134 stran. ISBN 9785020389410. info
  • KOLESOV, Vladimir Viktorovič and Marina Vladimirovna PIMENOVA. Vvedenije v konceptologiju : učebnoje posobije. 4-je izdanije, stereotipnoje. Moskva: Flinta, 2017, 245 stran. ISBN 9785020389427. info
  • LEVONTINA, Irina Borisovna. O čem reč'. Moskva: AST, 2016, 506 stran. ISBN 9785170926411. info
  • LEVONTINA, Irina Borisovna. Russkij so slovarem. Moskva: AST, 2016, 461 stran. ISBN 9785170948765. info
  • KOLESOV, Vladimir Viktorovič; Dar‘ja Vladimirovna KOLESOVA and Aleksandr Anatol‘jevi CHARITONOV. Slovar‘ russkoj mental‘nosti : v dvuch tomach. Sankt-Peterburg: Zlatoust, 2014, 591 s. ISBN 9785865476870. info
  • RADBIL‘, Timur Ben‘juminovič. Osnovy izučenija jazykovogo mentaliteta : učebnoje posobije. 3-e izdanije. Moskva: Flinta, 2013, 325 stran. ISBN 9785020346765. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Lexikon a sémantika. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010, 357 stran. ISBN 9788074220203. info
  • ŠMELEV, Dmitrij Nikolajevič. Problemy semantičeskogo analiza leksiki. Izd. 3. Moskva: URSS, 2007, 278 s. ISBN 9785382006161. info
  • ZALIZNJAK, Anna Andrejevna and Aleksej Dmitrijevič ŠMELEV. Lekcii po ruskoj aspektologii. München: Otto Sagner, 1997, 151 s. ISBN 38769066733. info
  • APRESJAN, Jurij Derenikovič. Èksperimental'noje issledovanije semantiki russkogo glagola. Moskva: Nauka, 1967, 250 stran. info
  • APRESJAN, Jurij Derenikovič. Idei i metody sovremennoj strukturnoj lingvistiki : (kratkij očerk). Moskva: Prosveščenije, 1966, 300 s. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Teaching is in the form of seminars and lectures.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
During the course students will prepare the paper. The credit is given on the basis of the paper and the final test.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026, Spring 2027.
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