Comparative Studies. Part 1 Comparative lexicology of Spanish and Ukrainian

Course: Translation from Spanish and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Comparative Studies. Part 1 Comparative lexicology of Spanish and Ukrainian
Code
ННД.23.01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Process information effectively: collect relevant information from a variety of sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyse and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 6. Use information and communication technologies to solve complex specialized tasks and issues of professional activity. PLO 7. Understand the major issues of philology and approaches to solving those using relevant methods and innovative approaches. PLO 12. Analyse language units, determine their interaction, and characterize linguistic phenomena and the underlying processes. PLO 17. Collect, analyse, systematize and interpret language and speech facts and use them to solve complex problems and problems in specialized fields of professional activity and/or study. PLO 20. Outline the main problems of translation disciplines, explain their interrelationship in a holistic system of knowledge.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prior to this course, students must have successfully completed the following courses: "Introduction to the speciality", "Practical course of Spanish", "Practice of translation and interpretation (Spanish)" (in the scope of the second year), "Stylistics of the translated text (Ukrainian)". Students should be fluent in the terminology of word structure and its categories, know the basic provisions of F. de Saussure's theory of the linguistic sign, basic linguistic concepts; principles of language material analysis; peculiarities of semantics, structure and functioning of units at all levels of the Spanish and Ukrainian languages; basics of communication theory. Be able to apply linguistic tools in practice, search for the necessary material for homework independently using Internet sources and reference books in the library. Possess basic skills in selecting, analysing and interpreting linguistic facts; have skills in communicating on linguistic topics.
Course content
The aim of the discipline is to study the word as the central unit of language in terms of its structural, word-formation and semantic characteristics, as well as the general features of the vocabulary of the Spanish language in comparison with the Ukrainian language, the ability to conduct a comparative analysis of the vocabulary of the two languages in terms of coincidences and discrepancies in order to avoid interlingual interference and "false friends of the translator". The course consists of theoretical (lecture) and practical parts. The lecture part of the course is devoted to such areas of lexicology as general word theory, semantics (semantic structure of words and semantic relations between units of vocabulary), word formation, word etymology and phraseology, stratification of Spanish vocabulary, lexicography. At the end of the lecture course, students write the first module test. Practical classes are devoted to consolidating theoretical knowledge and its practical application in lexicological analysis. The cycle of practical classes also ends with a module test. At the end of the course, students take an oral exam, which includes two theoretical questions and a practical task on analysing lexical phenomena in Spanish and Ukrainian from a comparative perspective.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Verba H. Curso de Lexicología comparada (español-ucraniano).Vinnytsia “Nova knyha”, 2021. 240 p. Alvar Ezquerra M. El neologismo español actual. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 1995. Casado Velarde M. La innovación léxica en el español actual. Madrid, Síntesis, 2015, 208p. Reyes Ma Josefa Léxico y Cultura.Badajoz, España, 2007. Грищенко А.П., Мацько Л.та ін. Сучасна українська літературна мова. Київ, 2002. Сучасна українська мова. За ред. Пономарева О.Д. Київ, 2001. Тараненко О. О. Лексикологія / О. О. Тараненко // Українська мова : Енциклопедія / Редкол. : В. М. Русанівський (співголова), О. О. Тараненко (співголова), М. П. Зяблюк та ін. 2-ге вид., випр. і доп. К. : Вид-во «Укр. енциклопедія» ім. М. П. Бажана, 2004. A complete list of recommended references is available in the Program of the discipline.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
The material of lectures on relevant topics is consolidated in practical classes, its mastery is assessed in practical classes, in accordance with the types of work and criteria for their evaluation set out in clause 7.1 of the Program of the discipline (oral answer, supplement, participation in discussion, blitz survey, 2 module tests, presentation defence, individual work and presentation preparation). The course ends with an exam. The final grade is formed by the points obtained by the student in the process of completing the specified types and forms of training and obtained at the exam. The maximum distribution is as follows: 60 points - during the semester and 40 points - the exam. If a student scores less than 24 points in an exam, they are not added to the semester grade, regardless of the number of points obtained during the semester, and the examination report in the column "final grade in the discipline" indicates only the number of points obtained during the semester.
Language of instruction
Spanish, Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Halyna Heorhiivna Verba
M. Zerov Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from Romance Languages
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology