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Variation in the Spanish language and dialectology

ОК 01.2

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

2 Semester

7

PLO 5. Identify the best ways to interact effectively within a professional team and with representatives of other professional groups at various levels. PLO 8. Evaluate the historical legacy and recent developments in literary studies. PLO 13. Explain the essence of specific philological issues, one’s own viewpoint on them and its justification in an accessible and reasoned manner to both specialists and the general public, in particular to students. PLO 16. Apply specialised conceptual knowledge in the fields of Spanish linguistics, literary studies and translation to solve complex tasks and problems requiring the updating and integration of knowledge, often in conditions of incomplete or insufficient information and conflicting requirements. PLO 17. Plan, organise, carry out and present research and innovative projects in the fields of Spanish linguistics, literary studies and translation.

Distance form

Before commencing this course, students must have successfully completed the theoretical and practical modules taught during their undergraduate studies and in the first semester, and must have acquired the skills in communicative and pragmatic text analysis taught over the eight semesters of their undergraduate programme. Be able to collect, analyse and interpret information regarding linguistic phenomena; be able to identify, pose and solve problems; plan and evaluate their own work; use interactive and multimedia tools for the purpose of conducting academic research.

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the standard forms of the Spanish language and its dialects, to provide a thorough understanding of the history of the Spanish language’s development and diversification; the phonetic, lexical and grammatical differences between its variants; and to explore the interaction between standard and dialectal language, as well as the main characteristics of dialects at various structural levels of the language. The course focuses on the history of the Spanish language’s development, the formation of its variants and dialects, and their phonetic and lexical-grammatical features. The subject of study is the variability of the Spanish language, its structural features in Spain and Latin American countries, as well as the dialectal features of the Spanish language and the territory of the Kingdom of Spain. An important component is the characteristics of the Espanglish variant as a trend in the globalisation of society. The course develops the ability to recognise and analyse variants and to communicate in the relevant environment.

Lectures, seminars, independent study.

Assessment is carried out in accordance with the ECTS system, which involves a two-tier evaluation of the material covered, specifically the assessment of theoretical knowledge – learning outcomes (knowledge 1.1–1.3), accounting for 40% of the overall mark, and the assessment of practical skills – learning outcomes (skills 2.1–2.5); (communication 3.1–3.3); (autonomy and responsibility 4.1–4.2), which accounts for 60% of the overall mark.

Spanish