RSn068 Linguoculturological Specifics of Russian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
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 8:00–9:40 B2.34, except Mon 21. 4. to Sun 27. 4.
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide general overview of linguoculturological movements and to familiarize with basic linguarealia. 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.
Syllabus
  • 1. The linguistic picture of the world. Linguoculturology.
  • 2. History of linguoculturalology. 3. Conceptosphere, concepts as a subject of linguoculturalology.
  • 4. Component analysis of lexical meaning. Associative dictionaries.
  • 5. Discursive words as a subject of research.
  • 6. Key words of culture (zaodno, sobiraťsja, ujut, avosʼ).
  • 7. Expression of national-cultural specificity at different levels of language (morphemics, word formation, morphology, syntax).
  • 8. Linguorealia (precedent statements and winged words from Russian and Soviet literature, movies, etc.). Russian and Soviet literature, movies, Soviet clichés).
  • 9. Memes as a subject of study in linguoculturology. 10. Euphemisms and their classification. Taboo. Typical Russian euphemisms.
  • 11. Active processes in modern Russian from the point of view of linguocultural specificity.
  • 12. The Word of the Year contest and the Dictionary of Changes as a reflection of the modern world.
  • 13. A review of research on linguoculturology.
Literature
    required literature
  • Irina Dulebová, Nina Cingerová, Katarína Hrčková. Glosár ruských lingvoreálií. Bratislava: STIMUL, 2016.
  • LEVONTINA, Irina Borisovna. O čem reč'. Moskva: AST, 2016, 506 stran. ISBN 9785170926411. info
    recommended literature
  • 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
    not specified
  • Apresjan, J. D. Obraz čeloveka po dannym jazyka: popytka sistemnogo opisanija. VJa, 1995
  • Arutjunova, N. D. Jazyk i mir čeloveka, 1998
  • 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
Teaching methods
Teaching is in the form of seminars and lectures.
Assessment methods
During the course students will prepare the paper. The credit is given on the basis of the paper and the oral examination.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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