Multidisciplinary Language Studies

In this course, students will gain expertise in modern studies of languages and develop the skills of investigators to successfully solve research problems and perform translation tasks.

The goal of mastering the discipline

to develop expertise in modern studies of languages and obtain the skills of investigators to successfully solve research problems and perform translation tasks.

The skills you get

  • On completion of the course, students should be able to: • consistently analyse problem-based situations connected with languages and develop strategies to solve the problems • adequately apply theories and experience-based knowledge about languages to solve research tasks in linguistics

Topics covered

  • Cognitive linguistics (10 hours) Psycholinguistics (8 hours) How to use a corpus (8 hours) Corpus-based research (4 hours)

When instructed

  • 1st year, 2nd semester

List of references and sourses

1. Zacharov V.P., Bogdanova S. Yu. Corpus Linguistics – Irkutsk, ISLU, 2011. – 161 c.