Course: Tendencies in contemporary Russian

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Course title Tendencies in contemporary Russian
Course code KSR/92BVR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, Russian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stěpanova Ludmila, prof. CSc.
  • Arkhanhelska Alla, prof. DrSc.
Course content
1. Dynamic development of Russian language since the early 1990´s. 2. Perestrojka and appearance of internet. 3. Social changes in Russian society and structure of wordstock. 4. Gradual disappearance of a word statistics of usage. 5. Changes in speech etiquette (new politeness phrases, rules of behaviour). 6. Comeback of "novojaz/ newspeak" as a typical feature of contemporary political discourse.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The discipline is devoted to the study of changes in contemporary Russian language. Special attention is paid to the connections of language and speech behaviour and extralinguistic features, such as culture, politics, technical progress what mechanisms are exploited when language is affected, what kind of events take place in language on the verge of the periods. Contemporary language is studied, examples are taken from mass-media and internet. The objective is to help students perceive the contemporary language phenomena in a wider context of language develoment.
The student will obtain complex information on factors which influence development of contemporary Russian and will be able to give a complex evaluation of the language material.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Russian language corresponding at least to C1 level. In case of foreign students, corresponding knowledge of Czech language. Knowledge of general linguistics as well as partial linguistic disciplines corresponding to the level of Mgr. study od Russian philology at Czech university. General knowledge of the issues in humanities and social sciences.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

- active participation in lectures, seminars - study of reference literature - submitting a presentation/ project/ paper - passing the exam
Recommended literature
  • Beľčikov, Ju. A. (2000). Stilistika i kultura reči.. Moskva.
  • Chimik V.V. (2000). Poetika nizkogo, ili Prostorečie kak kulturnyj fenomen.. Sankt-Peterburg.
  • Krongaus M. (2012). Russkij jazyk na grani nervnogo sryva 3D. Moskva.
  • Krongauz M.A. (2013). Samouchitel olbanskogo. Moskva.
  • Krysin L.P. (2004). Russkoe slovo: svoje i čužoje: Issledovanija po sovremennomu russkomu jazyku i sociolingvistike.. Moskva.
  • Krysin, L.P. (2003). Sovremennyj russkij jazyk: Socialnaja i funkcionalnaja differenciacija.. Moskva.
  • Šejdajeva S.G. (1997). Kategorija subjektivnoj ocenki v russkom jazyke.. Iževsk.
  • Zemskaja E.A. (1979). Russkaja razgovornaja reč: lingvističeskij analiz i problemy obučenija.. Moskva.
  • Zemskaja E.A. (1973). Svremennyj russkij jazyk: Slovoobrazovanije. Moskva.


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