UZRJ427 Current Processes in Contemporary Russian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 A46
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 introducing the newest phenomena and innovational tendencies in the area of creation and use of labeling in contemporary Russian to the students. The lessons are focused on the most important semantic, word formative and pragmatic processes in newest Russian vocabulary. The work in the seminar will be based on language analysis of actual Russian publicist texts, where the learners gain the skill to identify and interpret actual progressive lexical phenomena in contemporary Russian.
Syllabus
  • 1. Active processes in vocabulary and phraseology
  • 1.1 Basic lexical processes
  • 1.2 Semantic processes in vocabulary
  • 1.3 Stylistic changes in vocabulary
  • 1.4 Lexical borrowing
  • 1.5 Non-literary vocabulary in the language of contemporary Russian journalism
  • 2 Active processes in word formation
  • 2.1 The growth of agglutination attributes in word formation
  • 2.2 Productive word formative models
  • 2.3 Condensational word formative models
  • 2.4 Expressivity in word formation
  • 2.5 Occasional word forming
Literature
  • GAZDA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Proměny jazyka a literatury v současných ruských textech (The Modifications of Language and Literature in Contemporary Russian Texts). Vydání 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 146 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty MU č. 367. ISBN 978-80-210-4426-5. info
  • VALGINA, Nina Sergejevna. Aktivnyje processy v sovremennom russkom jazyke. Moskva: Logos, 2003, 302 s. ISBN 5940100929. info
  • GAZDA, Jiří. Dynamika a internacionalizace slovní zásoby současné ruštiny (The Dynamics and Internationalisation of Vocabulary of Contemporary Russian.). 1st ed. Brno: MU v Brně, 2002, 121 pp. 3510-17/99. ISBN 80-210-2780-0. info
  • ZEMSKAJA, Je. A. Russkij jazyk konca XX stoletija (1985-1995). První. Moskva: Jazyki russkoj kultury, 1996, 480 pp. ISBN 5-7859-0001-7. info
  • FERM, Ljudmila. Osobennosti razvitija russkoj leksiki v novejšij period (na materiale gazet). Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1994, 236 s. ISBN 9155433405. info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of lecture and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Oral task.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009.
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