Seminar 3 The Revolutionary Role of Generative Grammar in the Development of Modern Linguistics

1. N. Chomsky - the most influential linguist of the 20^th c.

2. Generativism as a school of the modern linguistics

3. Generative grammar

4. The key notions of generative grammar

5.The versions of generative grammar

Literature:

1. Бейлин Дж. Краткая история генеративной грамматики / Дж. Бейлин // Современная американская лингвистика: фундаментальные направления / под ред. А. А. Кибрика, И. М. Кобозевой, И. А. Секериной ; пер. с англ. – изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. – М.: Едиториал УРСС, 2002. – С. 13 – 57.

2. Fowler R. An Introduction to Transformational Syntax / R. Fowler. – L.: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973. – 178 p.

3. Freidin R. Foundations of Generative Syntax / Robert Freidin. – Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1992. – 365 p.

4. Haegeman L. English Grammar: A Generative Perspective / L. Haegeman and J. Guéron. – Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. – 674 p.

5. LaPalombara L. E. An Introduction to Grammar: Traditional, Structural, Transformational / L. E. La Palolambara. – Cambridge, Massachusetts: Winthrop Publishers, Inc., 1976. – 450 p.

Reports:

Noam Chomsky and his revolutionary role in linguistics of the 20^th c.

Noam Chomsky and his successors

The fundamental works in generative grammar

The school of generative grammar in Ukraine

Child’s acquisition of a language as a key problem of generativism

The recent versions of generative grammar

The Minimalist theory of N. Chomsky.

Seminar 4 Language Acquisition as a Linguistic Problem

1. The notion of language acquisition in linguistics

2. General Approaches to language acquisition

3. L1acquisition and L2 acquisition: key features

Literature:

1. Негневицкая Е.И., Шахнарович А.М. Язык и дети / Е.И. Негневицкая, А.М. Шахнарович – М.: Издательство «Наука», 1981. – 110 с.

2. Пинкер С. Язык как инстинкт / Стивен Пинкер.; пер. с англ. Е. В. Кайдаловой / общ. ред. В. Д. Мазо. – [изд. 2-е испр.]. – М.: Книжный дом “ЛИБРОКОМ”, 2009. – 456 с.

3. Селіванова О. Сучасна лінгвістика: термінологічна енциклопедія / О. Селіванова. – Полтава: Довкілля – К, 2006. – 716 с.

4. Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language / [ed. T. McArthur, R. McArthur]. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. – 700p.

5. Meisel Y.M. First and Second Language Acquisition: Parallels and Differences / Jurgen M. Meisel. – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. – 302p.

Seminar 5 Modern Linguistic Theories

1. Functional linguistics:

1. the linguists of the Prague linguistic circle;

2. the main theories

2. Pragmatics as a fast-developing linguistic discipline

3. The field of psycholinguistics:

1. history of development;

2. problems under consideration;

3. key concepts and theories.

4. Sociolinguistics as a hybrid discipline

5. Cognitive science in the end of the XX – the beginning of the XXIc.

Reports:

1. The current stage in the development of pragmatics in the world

2. World-famous psycholinguists

3. The role of N. Chomsky in the development of psycholinguistics

4. The prospects of development of sociolinguistics

5. Cognitive studies: key notions and leading figures

Literature:

1. Амирова Т. А. Из истории лингвистики ХХ века: структурно-функциональное языкознание (истоки, направления, школы): [учеб. пособ.] / Тамара Александровна Амирова. – М.: ЧеРО, 1999. – 106 с.

2. Селіванова О. О. Сучасна лінгвістика: напрями та проблеми: [підручник] / Олена Олександрівна Селіванова.– Полтава: Довкілля-К, 2008. – 712 с.

3. Aarts B., MacMahon A. The Handbook of English Linguistics / Baa Aarts, April Macmahon. – Blackwell Publishing 815 p.

4. Aitchison J. Teach Yourself Linguistics / Jean Aitchison. – Lincolnwood, 1994. – 232p.

5. Akmaijan A. et al. Linguistics. An Introduction to Language and Communication. – Cambridge, Mass., L., 2001. – 604 p.

6. Dirven R., Verspoor M. Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics / Dirven Rene, Marjolijn Verspoor. – Amsterdam, Philadelphia, 2004. – 277p.

7. Evans V. Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction / V. Evans, M. Green. – Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. – 830 p.

8. Leech G. Principles of Pragmatics / Geoffrey N. Leech. – L., NY.: Longman, 1983. – 250p.

9. Yule G. Pragmatics / George Yule. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. – 138 p.

10. Radford A. et al. Linguistics: An Introduction / Andrew Radford and others. – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. – 433 p.

11. Richter B. First Steps in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics / Borbala Richter. – Budapest, 2006. – 212p.

12. Whitaker H. Concise Encyclopedia of Brain and Language / Harry Whitaker. – Oxford, 2010. – 662p.