Linguistic Foundations of Current Communicative Practices (Phonetics, Lexicology)

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Преподаватели

Антонова Евгения Борисовна

Бакулев Алексей Валентинович

Косычева Марина Александровна

Морозова Ирина Сергеевна

Осипов Даниил Владимирович

Стырина Елена Вячеславовна

Чермошенцева Ксения Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course contains two sections: Phonetics, which deals with the study of sounds, sound modifications in speech and basic intonation patterns of the English language, and Lexicology, which spans the study of the word. Both sections aim at familiarising students with general facts and intricacies of the phonetic and lexical systems of Modern English, and show how they impact communication practices. The principal objectives of the course of "Theoretical Phonetics" are to provide students with basic theoretical knowledge in the field of English phonetics and phonology; to develop students' foreign language communicative competencies, including linguistic, sociolinguistic and phonetic competencies; to teach students to comment on issues related to English phonetics and to put their knowledge into practice. Lexicology, in its turn, deals with the key features of English vocabulary as a system, treating the word as its central component. Reviewing such fundamental aspects as syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations, the course focuses on the word and its properties; word grouping; theories of meaning; polysemy; homonymy; synonymy; antonymy. Although the course covers special synchronic lexicology, i.e., the study of the vocabulary of Modern English, the etymological survey of the English word stock earns quite a bit of attention. Not overlooked are word structure, or word morphemic composition, and word formation, or word building. Idioms, proverbs, and sayings are also looked at within the course. Last but not least, the course familiarises students with methods of lexical analysis and lexicography.