The main purpose of the course is to introduce students to the a wide range of computer-assisted tools that can be used in translation, as well as a number of translation-related IT topics from file management to information research and management. The discipline Information Technologies involves an integrative approach to the studies of linguistics, computer science and language pedagogy.

Theory and History of Linguistics envisages the retrospective study of the origins of linguistics and its main aspects both ontological and developing: language and logic, language and the mind, language and reality, worldview, the system and structure of language, the universals and specifics of language, grammar and lexis, norm and usage, etc. Due to the historic aspect, the theory is presented in chronological order – from ancient Greece to modern times.

 Linguistic Semiotics deals with the main features of semiotic systems, with the principles of signs both in semiotics and linguistics. It observes semiotic relations within language and semiotic features of meaningful language units.

  

The discipline presents the organization of content by means of language. It treats lexical systems in correlation with the language structure and analyses the types of systemic and structural relations of lexical units. The hierarchy of lexical system demonstrates its macro-and microstructures. The grammatical and structural meanings are also reviewed in the same way.

Целью освоения дисциплины является формировании у студентов научного представления о лексикографии как науке и практической деятельности по составлению словарей и их использованию в научных исследованиях и в учебном процессе.

 

Основными задачами освоения дисциплины являются:

  • познакомить студентов с основными понятиями и терминами лексикографии;
  • ввести в круг основных проблем лексикографии;
  • научить работать с учебной и научной литературой по специальности на английском языке;
  • подготовить студентов к написанию курсовых работ;
  • сформировать навыки учебной работы по лингвистическим дисциплинам