IN-DEPTH SEMINARS OF DISCIPLINARY AREA (LCSM) - MOD. 5

The seminar covers the disciplinary area of Slavistics (SLAV-01/A). It aims to introduce the doctoral students to the main theoretical and methodological approaches in the study of the Russian verbal aspect through the reading of essays and the subsequent discussion of some topics in this area of research. It also aims to provide the necessary knowledge for using the National Corpus of the Russian Language (RNC) in language research. The final goal is to broaden the scholarly horizon of doctoral studies to include language research, as is necessary for a culture and language specialist.
The seminar “А methodological approaches in the study of the Russian aspectual system” belongs to the specialized area seminars of the Doctoral Curriculum in Modern Languages, Cultures and Societies and consists of two sessions of three academic hours each to be held in the second semester of a.y. 2024-2025.

A thorough knowledge of some of the fundamental issues of scientific research on verb categories in Russian is expected. The ability to apply the knowledge in corpus-based linguistic analysis is also expected, as well as the ability to independently interpret the relational and aspectual characteristics of verb forms embedded in given contexts.
In addition, the planned activities will enable the development of new skills in scientific discussion, argumentation and formulation of general questions relevant to the seminar topic.

Knowledge of the Russian language at the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Knowledge of the main features of the Russian verbal aspect. Ability to use the main tools of the Russian National Corpus for linguistic analysis of texts.

The following linguistics topics will be covered during the seminar, with special focus on the verbal system of Russian.
Session I:
1. Actionality and aspect in the verbal system of the Russian language.
2. The Russian National Corpus: specific sections and tools for linguistic research.
Session II:
1. Role of prefixes in the derivation of the verbal lexicon in Russian.
2. The Panchronic subcorpus of the Russian National Corpus.

Dickey, S. M., Prefixes in the grammaticalization of Slavic aspect: telic s-/z-, delimitative po- and language change via expansion and reduction, in: B. Brehmer, K. B. Fischer, G. Krumbholz (a cura di), Aspekte, Kategorien und Kontakte slavischer Sprachen. Festschrift für Volkmar Lehmann zum 65. Geburtstag, Hamburg: Kovač, 2008, pp. 96-108.
Dobrušina, E.R., Mellina, E.A., Paillard, D. (a cura di), Russkie pristavki: mnogoznačnost’ i semantičeskoe edinstvo. Sbornik, Moskva: Russkie slovari, 2001.
Filip, H., Lexical Aspect, in: R. I. Binnick (a cura di), The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Janda, L.A., Lyashevskaya, O., Semantic Profiles of Five Russian Prefixes: po-, s-, za-, na-, pro-, “Journal of Slavic Linguistics”, XXI, 2, 2013, pp. 211-258.
Maslov, Ju.S., Vid i leksičeskoe značenie glagola v sovremennom russkom literaturnom jazyke, “Isvestija Akademii nauk SSSR”, Serija literatury i jazyka 7, 1948, pp. 303-316.
Национальный корпус русского языка: новые и старые возможности, Институт лингвистики РГГУ, 2023 (videolezione)
van Schooneveld, C. H., The so-called préverbes vides and neutralization, in: Dutch contributions to the Fourth International Congress of Slavistics, The Hague: Mouton, 1958, pp. 159-161.
Sičinava, D. V., ПАНХРОНИЧЕСКИЙ КОРПУС: ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ ИСТОРИЧЕСКИХ И СОВРЕМЕННЫХ КОРПУСНЫХ РЕСУРСОВ* | Труды Института русского языка им. В. В. Виноградова (ruslang.ru), Труды Института русского языка им. В.В. Виноградова, № 2 (40), 2024, 336-354.
Svenonius, P., Slavic Prefixes inside and outside VP, “Nordlyd”, 2004, 32(2), pp. 205-253, https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/4273
Tatevosov, S.G., Akcional’nost’ v leksike i grammatike: glagol i struktura sobytija, Moskva: Jazyki slavjanskoj kul’tury, 2015.
Vey, M., Les préverbes “vides” en tchèque moderne, “Revue des études slaves”, 29, 1952, pp. 82-107.
Vendler, Z., Verbs and Times, “Linguistics in Philosophy”, Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press, 1967, pp. 97-121.
Zaliznjak, A.A., Mikaėljan, I.L., Šmelev, A.D., Russkaja aspektologija: v zaščitu vidovoj pary, Moskva: Jazyki slavjanskoj kul’tury, 2015.

Testing of knowledges is done through a general discussion of the topics covered during the seminar.

not present

There is no evaluation expressed in grades.

Seminar-type lectures, slide presentations, topic discussions.

The following papers are recommended to be read before the seminars:
- Vendler, Z., Verbs and Times, “Linguistics in Philosophy”, Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press, 1967, pp. 97-121.
- Svenonius, P., Slavic Prefixes inside and outside VP, “Nordlyd”, 2004, 32(2), pp. 205-253, https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/4273
The following video lecture is recommended to be watched before the seminars:
Национальный корпус русского языка: новые и старые возможности, Институт лингвистики РГГУ, 2023 (available at www.youtube.com)

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