Department Of Linguistics Research Articles

Studying clinical linguistics as an independent discipline in Bangladesh: A post-hoc needs analysis from the perspectives of learners

Clinical linguistics is the application of linguistic theories and methods to the study of causes, nature and treatment processes of different types of speech and language disorders. In this study, the importance of studying clinical linguistics in the higher academic institutions of Bangladesh was analysed as it deals with a severe problem existing in our society. This study was conducted following a qualitative approach to collect relevant data that would justify the objectives accordingly. The participants of this study were 16 students, studying at the master's level in the Department of Linguistics, University of Dhaka, who studied clinical linguistics as a full compulsory course at their undergraduate level. The participants were interviewed individually and an open-ended questionnaire was used to extract data from them. The findings of this research suggest that society needs graduates of clinical linguistics to serve the nation by combating speech and language disorders. The majority of the participants (75%) were in favour of developing a new associated department named ‘Communication Disorders’ or ‘Clinical Linguistics’ as an extension of the study of the applied field of linguistics. They explained that the new department would produce skilled graduates or expert in speech and language therapists to serve the nation properly in the context of communication health of the masses. Like any other linguistic community throughout the world, our society is also sensitive to speech as well as language disorders. Therefore, the universities of Bangladesh must take immediate initiatives to introduce clinical linguistics either as a full course under linguistics or in a separate department to produce skilled graduates.

La collaborazione di Alfredo Trombetti all’Enciclopedia Italiana: le lettere a Giulio Bertoni e Giovanni Gentile

This paper reconstructs Alfredo Trombetti’s collaboration on the first edition of the Enciclopedia Italiana (1929-1937) by considering his correspondence with Giulio Bertoni, director of the linguistics department, and Giovanni Gentile, scientific director of the entire publication. The letters to Bertoni clarify the role played by Trombetti in the initial phase of the work (1925-1926) and in particular his contribution to the drafting of the list of linguistic headwords and collaborators. The letters to Gentile show that in the following years (until his death in 1929) he remained a point of reference within the department: in addition to writing several entries, he analysed the ethnography headword lists and supplemented them with linguistic paragraphs. He also tried to initiate a cartographic project for the linguistics department, which ultimately did not come to fruition.

ТРАДИЦИИ ОСИПЛА МГУ В ИНСТИТУТЕ ЛИНГВИСТИКИ РГГУ: ИСТОРИЯ И СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ

This is an overview of the roundtable dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Department of Structural and Applied Linguistics of the Moscow State University and the 110th anniversary of its founder Vladimir A. Zvegintsev. The presentations at the roundtable concerned Zvegintsev’s scientific heritage, the correlation of linguistic data and theory, the initial stages of the formation of linguistic university centers at MSU and at RSUH, strategies of linguistic education. The participants of the meeting shared their memoirs about their teachers who laid the scientific and pedagogical traditions, about the development of these traditions at the Institute of Linguistics of RSUH, as well as presented their new research.

Використання інтерактивних методів у комплексному навчанні іноземців російської мови та культури мовлення

The article examines the problems of using interactive methods in the comprehensive teaching of the Russian language and culture of speech to foreigners based on the experience of teachers, working at the Department of World Literature and Russian Linguistics of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University. The author also analyses current interactive forms and methods of education, considering the specifics of the subjects taught. The problem of interactive teaching as a form of educational process is discussed on the example of students studying the discipline „The Russian language and culture of speech”. The methods of interactive teaching, used during practical classes in the aforementioned discipline, are demonstrated as an illustration of some theoretical provisions that reveal the very essence of interactive teaching. According to the author, the technology of interactive teaching is an effective means of intensification and optimization of the educational process, as well as increasing the interest and motivation of students to learn Russian as a foreign language. The use of interactive teaching technology in the process of preparation of a teacher to school contributes to the development and improvement of foreign language communication skills of future professionals and the formation of their personal and professional qualities, which is the key to successful functioning in modern educational space.

ОБУЧЕНИЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ НА ОСИПЛЕ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ПРОБЛЕМ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

This publication combines memoirs with reflections on the possibilities of properly organized professional communication to influence the effectiveness of training and the adaptability of graduate students of linguistics. Particular emphasis is made on special seminars and their role in the process of professional training of linguists at the Department of Structural and Applied Linguistics (MSU – Lomonosov University, 1976−1982). It is argued that this model has been the best version of project activities and that it is possible to recreate it in the modern line of higher education although the system has become quite different.

Types of Spelling Mistakes in Personal Documents of Russian Citizens and Migrants Applying for Russian Citizenship

The paper analyses mistakes and inconsistencies that tend to occur in the spelling of surnames, first names, and patronymics in personal documents of Russian citizens when they register for pensions and other welfare payments, as well as in the documents of migrants applying for Russian citizenship. The material for the study was retrieved from in-person enquiries received at the Department of Russian Language, General Linguistics and Speech Communication of the Ural Federal University during 2005–2021. The certificates issued by the author in response to those requests served to confirm the identity of the names of applicants and their relatives in birth certificates, passports, employment records, marriage certificates, etc. The material includes the documents drawn up on the territory of the USSR and former Soviet republics, and some in the far abroad. The paper identifies the types of mistakes and variations in the spelling of names, patronymics, and surnames in these documents and looks for the reasons to such variation. The study showed that along with spelling mistakes which are generally few (dropping / replacing a letter, adding an extra letter, word formation errors), there are much more frequent cases of variation of names, patronymics and surnames due to linguistic and sociolinguistic reasons: 1) the use of orthographic name variants, 2) the use of the literary and colloquial version of the name, 3) replacing a little-known name with a more popular one with similar pronunciation, 4) the existence of word-formation and phonetic variants including multilingual equivalents of the personal name, 5) new variants appearing in the course of rendering the name into Russian and transliteration of specific vowels and consonants of other languages, 6) changes in the graphics and spelling in the languages of the former Soviet republics and a tendency to correct the Russified forms of names, patronymics, and surnames initially recorded in Soviet times to match the updated norms.

On the 60th Anniversary of the Ural University Toponymic Expedition: A Return to the Urals

The article is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Ural University (now the Ural Federal University) Toponymic Expedition and its new research project studying the toponymy, vocabulary, and ethnocultural information related to the extraction and processing of gems and ornamental stones in the Urals. Within the recent fieldwork of 2020–2021, the expedition visited many settlements of the so-called Gem strip of the Urals — the territory that holds lots of historical, linguistical, and ethnographic discoveries. It is found that back in the 18th–19th centuries, prospecting activities (search and extraction of gems, their processing, collection, and trade) were totally shaping the local lifestyle, folk culture, and linguistic consciousness of its residents. The present paper describes the toponymic system of the region, focusing on the types of topographic objects (deposits, veins, mines, quarries) and their naming features. It is shown that local toponymy cannot be interpreted without considering its connection to dialect vocabulary, ethnography, and knowledge of the cultural and historical traditions of semi-precious craft. The collected material falls into several lexical groups: dialectal, professional, and local slang. Given the present decline of the craft itself that leads to the destruction of unique toponymic systems, the author calls to the urgency of preserving this study material. The article shares some innovative methods of fieldwork used by the expedition with account to the peculiarities of the studied objects as well as those driven by the development of IT. It also unlocks new locations for materials collection, such as mineralogical museums, exhibition-fairs of minerals and comments on the specificity of using data from the geological and mineralogical forums on the Internet. The conclusion provides the list of publications for 2020–2021 by the Department of Russian Language, General Linguistics and Speech Communication based on the collected fieldwork data.

Texts rendering into a foreign language. Distant learning experience

This article examines the effectiveness of pedagogical techniques and means of stimulating educational motivation during the classes “Rendering and annotating text in a foreign language” in distant learning in higher education. Experimental training was conducted to test the effectiveness of the authors’ electronic text rendering tutorial for students learning Italian as a second language. The experiment was carried out among the 2-nd and 3-rd year students of the Linguistics department in the Institute of Foreign Languages of the RUDN University in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years. Currently e-learning has successfully integrated into the system of traditional education and is no longer seen as an alternative. The authors of this article focused on a combination of resources and tools from the Microsoft Teams platform and elaborated tutorial on rendering to motivate learners with distant learning. The article describes pedagogical practices for enhancing the motivation of students. We are talking about texts for rendering all major genres, functional styles, various topics, taking into account the level of students’ preparedness. With the aim of involving students in rendering activities and active expression of their own opinion, the researchers used an “ interpretive abstract “and included the paragraph “ OPPINIONE “ as its component. Experimental verification, its results and conclusions showed that combined rendering training based on e- tutorial developed by the authors and Microsoft Teams platform activates students’ motivation and contributes to their involvement in the process. The experiment showed another strong point of distant learning: it made a great contribution to the development of students’ independence, self-discipline and responsibility. 220.

Analysis of EFL Teaching in Pakistan: Method and Strategies in the Postmethod Era

This study investigates the teaching methods and strategies practised in Pakistan to teach English as a foreign language in the Post-method Era. English language pedagogy in Pakistan has taken a new turn since the establishment of higher education commission and applied linguistic departments in many universities in Pakistan. It focuses on classroom teaching analysis to see what teaching methods and strategies that English language educators in private and public institutes apply. The study applied qualitative methods with five English teachers as Foreign Language (EFL) of the public and private sectors' intermediate level. The participating teachers were given nine open-ended survey questions about the nature of language, language teaching methods, classroom strategies and techniques, and their roles as teachers in the classroom. Findings revealed that EFL teachers in both public and private sectors employ multiple teaching methods and techniques in their classroom practice, rather than holding to one particular method. The data also differentiates teaching methods and strategies of the teachers in the both sectors. Interestingly, it appears that EFL teachers in the private sectors seem to aim at communicative teaching approaches. In contrast, teachers in the public sectors are more inclined to use Grammar Translation Methods (GTM).

Personality Traits and Foreign Language Proficiency in Russian Linguistics and Non-Linguistics Students

The search for factors and determinants of effective foreign (second) language acquisition (FLA/SLA) is an interdisciplinary problem that is becoming more and more practically important in the modern globalising world. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the correlation between personality traits and the foreign language proficiency (FLP) level among students of various university specialties. The total sample includes 241 first- and second-year undergraduate students (74% females), of which 128 students (82.5% females) study at the Linguistics Department and 113 students (64% females) belong to other departments. All the students learn English as a primary foreign language (FL). The Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness) were measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Russian adaptation by S. Biryukov and M. Bodunov). In testing the foreign language proficiency levels, we used the traditional Academic Performance Index (semester Final Grades in English) and assessments of the foreign language proficiency levels made by English teachers in relation to their students according to the Foreign Language Proficiency Scale (10 indices and the total score) developed by the authors. To process the data in the R software environment, version 3.5.2, the methods of descriptive statistics, Cronbachs alpha and Macdonalds omega coefficients, Spearmans rank correlation analysis and Wilcoxons T -test were used. The findings of our research showed that FLP is most closely related to Openness in linguistics students and to Conscientiousness in non-linguistics students. These facts should be taken into account by the developers of programmes for psychological and pedagogical support of the FL learning process in Russian universities.

الکَونُ المَنفِیّ فی القرآنِ الکریمِ دراسة فی ضوء نظریة السیاق

لم يخصص النحاة للنفي بابا منفردا في کتب التراث النحوي، وإنما تناثرت قضايا النفي وأحکامه في ثنايا أبواب النحو الأخرى، ولعل السبب البارز في عدم استقلال النفي عن غيره من أبواب النحو يکمن في تمرکز النحاة الدائم حول نظرية العامل ، وما يترتب عليها من فکرة التأثير و التأثر داخل بنية الجملة . وبناء على مــا تقدم ؛ فقد نهضت هذه الدراسة لتتخذ من النفي مبحثا مستقلا بذاته ، وهو مبحث له أرکانه و أدواته المستقلة ، متخذة من القرآن الکريم حقلا لغويا تطبيقيا ، حول فرع واحد من فروع النفي وهــو ما اصطلح عــليه النحاة ، وکذلک المفسرون بــ ( الکون المنفي ) ، مستمدة من الدرس الدلالي في ضوء نظرية السياق أساسا نظريا ، مع الاتکاء على المنهج الوصفي بوصفه أداة بحثية تتسق وطبيعة التحليل الدلالي للنصوص . تحاول الدراسة الإجابة عن عدة تساؤلات منها: هل کـل سياق صدر بکون منفي يعـکس حتما دلالة النفي ؟ أم هناک دلالات أخــرى مـن الممکن أن تنبسق عن سياق صدر بکون منفي ؟ ، وهل خرج الکون المنفي عن دلالة النفي إلى دلالات أخرى ؟ وما تلک الدلالات ؟ وما أنماط النفي المقرون بسياق الکون المنفي The Negative Being Verb in the Holy Quran. Study in light of context . Muhammed Rady Muhammed Al-Zeainy Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Department of Arabic Linguistics and Literature Faculty of Arts, Port Said University Summarized Email: dr.radyrady@yahoo.com Abstract: The grammarians did not devote the negation to a single chapter in the books of the grammatical heritage, but rather the negation and its issues and rulings were presented within the folds of other grammatical chapters, such as asserting the present tense, or its accusative. Perhaps the prominent reason for the non-independence of the negation from other chapters of grammar lies in the permanent concentration of the grammarians around the theory of the worker And the consequent idea of ​​influence and influence within the structure of the sentence. Based on the above; This study has risen ttake from the negation an independent study in itself, and it is a study that has its own pillars and tools, taken from the Holy Qur’an an applied linguistic field, about one branch of the branches of negation, which is what the grammarians, as well as the commentators, have termed ( The Negative Being verb ), derived from the lesson Semantic in light of context theory, with a theoretical basis, with reliance on the analytical method. As an approach consistent with the nature of semantic analysis. The study tries to answer several questions, including: Does every context issued as an exile necessarily reflect the significance of negation? Or are there other connotations that could be reflected in a context that was exported in an exile? And did the exiled universe deviate from the sign of negation to other connotations? What are these indications? What are the patterns of negation associated with the context of the Negative Being Verb ?

Penjaga Terakhir Kebudayaan: Strategi Bisnis dan Keredaksian Majalah Djaka Lodang dalam Melestarikan Budaya Jawa

Document from the Linguistics Department of University of Indonesia records that there are 742 regional languages in Indonesia. From that number, only 13 regional languages are spoken by no more than one million people. The most disconcerting problem is that many regional languages are threatened with extinction and some have even become extinct or no speakers are found. This happens for various reasons, and one of the influences that cannot be ignored is mass media. The mass media in Indonesia, both print and electronic, generally use Bahasa Indonesia as a medium of communication. On the other hand, the use of Bahasa Indonesia as the medium of instruction in mass media contributes to the transfer of Indonesian as the language of unity, but on the other hand, this has eradicated the use of regional languages. Another thing of concern is the lesser number of mass media that use local languages as the medium of instruction. Djaka Lodang Magazine is one of the printed mass media using regional languages that remain still in Indonesia, besides Mangle, Penjebar Semangat, and Jayabaya. The magazine, which was published in Yogyakarta since 1971, experienced a golden period during the 1980-1990s, but then it continued to decrease and nearly bankrupt like any other printed media since the development of communication technology which erodes the older media. However, although this media is no longer profitable in business selling, Djaka Lodang still survives and is published today. One of the main factors that made this magazine survive is bold support of the idealism of its founder, who is still active until today. Abdullah Purwodarsono, one of the owners of this magazine, has a strong determination to continue publishing Djaka Lodang, for the sake of one main goal, to keep and preserve the Javanese language and culture, an effort that has mutualism with the function of the press, i.e. the transmission of cultural heritage. This article will discuss the business and editorial strategy of Djaka Lodang magazine that makes this magazine survive in the midst of major changes in the world of media and the changes of language and culture in Indonesia.

Interview with Florent Perek

Professor Florent Perek has a PhD in English and General Linguistics (University of Freiburg) and is a Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at University of Birmingham, UK. Professor Perek is the author of several articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has, among his most important publications, the 2015 book, Argument structure in usage-based construction grammar: experimental and corpus-based perspectives, edited by John Benjamins.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ENTREVISTA COM FLORENT PEREKFlorent Perek é Doutor em Inglês e Linguística Geral (Universidade de Freiburg, Alemanha) e Professor da área de Linguística Cognitiva do Departamento de Língua Inglesa e Linguística Aplicada na Universidade de Birmingham, no Reino Unido. Perek é autor de uma série de artigos em revistas renomadas internacionalmente e tem, entre suas importantes publicações, seu livro de 2015, o qual foi intitulado Estrutura argumental na gramática de construções baseada no uso: perspectivas experimental e baseada em corpus e foi editado pela John Benjamins.---Original em inglês.

دَفْعُ إِیهامِ التَّناقُضِ والاضطرابِ فی القاعدةِ النَّحویةِ

مما هو معلوم أن النحاة اجتهدوا في حصر واستقراء کلام العرب- في ظل ظروفهم وإمکاناتهم- فقتلوا کلام العرب فهما وقصدا، وقفوا حيث وقفوا، ثم فسروا، وأخلصوا القصد في وضع أصول هذا العلم وضوابطه وقواعده، فجاءت أصولهم في غاية الوثاقة، وعللهم غير مدخولة، ولا متسمح فيها، ثم إنهم لم يغلقوا باب النظر لمن يأتي بعدهم، وما زالت عبارة ابن مالک في مقدمة التسهيل تترد في الآذان ، وهو يقول:(واذا کانت العلوم منحة إلهية ومواهب اختصاصية فغير مستبعد أن يدخر لبعض المتاخرين ماعسر على کثير من المتقدمين، أعاذنا الله من حسد يسد باب الإنصاف، ويصد عن جميل الأوصاف، وألهمنا شکرا يقتضي توالي الآلاء، ويقضي بانقضاء اللأواء). ولا يستطيع باحث منصف أن ينکر تلک الحرکة اللغوية المعاصرة للدرس النحوي في مصر مطلع القرن العشرين، غير أن أغلب دراسات هؤلاء اللغويين العصريين اتسمت بالطابع النقدي، سواء فيما يتعلق بالجانب المنهجي، أو الجانب التأليفي، أو الجانب التقعيدي. وهذا البحث يعالج جانبا من انتقادات بعضهم للتعقيد النحوي، فيما يتعلق باتهامهم القاعدة النحوية بالتناقض والاضطراب، سواء بينها وبين معطياتها أو بينها وبين غيرها، محاولا – قدر جهدي- دفع هذا الاتهام والإيهام ، منافحا عن تراث القدامي وأصولهم، من غير تقديس ولا تبخيس، فلا يطرح القديم لمحض أنه قديم فقط، ولا يتلقف الجديد لکونه جديدا فحسب. وقد سميته((دفع إيهام التناقض والاضطراب عن القاعدة النحوية))، وجاء في فصلين، تناولت في الأول منهما أسباب هذا الاتهام، وعرضت في الثاني نماذج تطبيقية لما ظاهره التناقض والاضطراب-من کتبهم- کما زعموا. الکلمات المفتاحية: إيهام التناقض- القاعدة النحوية- الاضطراب - النحاة- الإعراب. والله من وراء القصد، وهو يهدي السبيل. Pushing the illusion of a contradiction and confusion in the grammatical rule Dr: Abdul-Moamen Mahmoud Ahmed Mohammed Al-Laithi Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Al-Azhar College for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Egypt. Associate Professor at Al-Jouf University, Saudi Arabia Email: Abdelmoamen-mohammed.80@azhar.edu.e Abstract: It is well-known that the grammarians sincerely intended to set the foundations, regulations and the rules of of this science. They worked hard to limit and extrapolate the words of the Arabs under their circumstances and their capabilities. They understood the intention of the words of the Arabs so well. They comprehended and interpreted. So, their origins were reliable and their reasons were genuine. Moreover, they didn't close the door for consideration to those who came after them. The phrase of Ibn Malik at the introduction of the Tasheel is still echoed in ears. As he said if the sciences are divine grant and specialized talents. So, it is not excluded that some of the modern authors would understand things that were so difficult for the old authors. May Allah protect us from envy that shuts the door of fairness and prevent beautiful descriptions. May Allah inspire us thanks that result in successive blessings and the end of misfortune. A fair researcher cannot deny the contemporary linguistic movement to the grammatical lesson in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. Kay words: Illusion of contradiction - grammatical rule - disorder - grammarians – syntax.

The spoken language research laboratories (SLRL) at the University of Oregon

The Spoken Language Research Laboratories (SLRL) at the University of Oregon houses 5 integrated laboratories that focus onspeech communication. The SLRL occupies nearly 4000 square feet and includes the following state-of-the-art facilities: 10 sound-attenuated subject running rooms; 3 sound-attenuated (clinical-type) observation rooms; 2 single-wall sound booths in another sound attenuated room; 2 waiting rooms; 1 large computer lab; 2 graduate student workrooms; and 8 offices. The SLRL is further equipped with all necessary high-quality audio and audio-visual recording equipment. Research at the SLRL ranges from work on language variation and change to first and second language acquisition to the perception and production of spoken language. The labs provide a dynamic, supportive environment for collaborative research and training in experimental design, acoustic and speech movement analysis, statistical analysis, grant writing, science communication and community outreach. The SLRL is embedded in a vibrant language research community at the University of Oregon (UO) that is anchored in the Linguistics Department, but spread over multiple departments, including East Asian Languages & Literatures, Romance Languages & Literatures, and Communication Disorders & Sciences. The UO and the SLRL provide a myriad of research opportunities for students interested in spoken language behavior.

The impact of texting language on Nigerian students: a case study of final year linguistics students

This article reports on research which examined whether the use of mobile phone text messaging is responsible for the reported presence of abbreviations in students’ written work at the University of Benin. I argue that the frequent use of short messaging service (SMS) abbreviations may not be attributed only to the reported increase in the use of abbreviations in the written work of students. Other factors, such as the purpose of the writing and the students’ state of mind, might also be determinants of whether students use abbreviations or not. The research was based on the analysis of a questionnaire distributed to final-year linguistics students of the University of Benin in 2015, during their regular classes at the main campus of the University of Benin. In total, 62 final-year students from the Department of Linguistics and African Studies at the University of Benin participated in the in-class survey. The professor of the students obtained ethical clearance and provided 72 notebooks, 126 written assignments and 85 examination scripts of the same students to the researcher for analysis and validation of their responses to the questionnaire. The analysis indicated that SMS abbreviations were carried over into students’ written classwork. However, one cannot categorically state that SMSs are the reason why students use abbreviations in their written work as widely reported because the evidence from this study does not support such a claim.

Acquisition of Voicing Alternations in Bangla: A Morpho-phonological Study

Voicing alternation is a linguistic terminology which is mainly discussed in phonology and morphology. Although it is a very potential research topic in linguistics, no comprehensive research has been found to investigate this area from Bengali language context. At present, it has been analyzed in different language perspectives. The purpose of the study is to know the phonological features of voicing alternations in the language of Bengali children. Simultaneously, this study actually attempts to assess the capacity of using voicing alternations. This thesis is mainly concerned with the acquisition of voicing alternation which is found in different morpho-phonemic contexts. In order to reveal the nature of voicing alternations of Bengali children, a qualitative research method was applied to collect and analyze the data. The result of this dissertation has been explored by collecting data from the participants through semi structured interview method because it is a highly flexible technique to collect qualitative data. Eighteen Bengali children were interviewed. The most common finding is that the production of voicing alternations even in known words remains difficult until at least 30 months of age in the speech of Bengali children. On the other hand, Bengali-learning children are able to produce voicing alternations earlier who have more MLU than their age. However, results indicated that the tendency of using voicing alternations increases with age. A study on the acquisition of voicing alternations has become an important part of study in the department of Linguistics. So this study may play an important role in this field of linguistics as it focuses on the phonological features of voicing alternations in the language of Bengali children. However, this research can be helpful for the students of Linguistics department. This study also contributes to the knowledge of those who are willing to conduct similar researches in the area.

Początki językoznawstwa polonistycznego na Uniwersytecie Poznańskim

The Origins of Polish Language Studies at Poznań University
 Linguistic studies on the Polish language and literature were first conducted at the Faculty of Philosophy of Poznań University (established in 1919). Studies on literary theory were pursued in the Department of History of Polish Literature, whereas linguistic studies in the Department of Slavic Philology and Indo-European Linguistics. Initially, these studies were supervised by scholars who came from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow: Mikołaj Rudnicki and Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński, as well as Stanisław Dobrzycki who was active in two fields, theory of literature and linguistics. It was only in 1922 that the Department of the Polish Language was established thanks to the efforts of Edward Klich, who also came from Cracow. At first, Polish language studies at Poznań University concentrated on two fields: onomastics (with components of etymology), and dialectology. More comprehensive research was conducted since the establishment of the Department of the Polish Language which was joined by a new generation of linguists, including graduates of Poznań University.

Эпоха в функционально-коммуникативной грамматике: памяти профессора Майи Владимировны Всеволодовой

On 5 February 2020 died Maya V. Vsevolodova (1928–2020), professor of the department of didactic linguistics and theory of teaching Russian as a foreign language, honored professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, honorary professor at Shanghai foreign languages University, major linguist, a distinguished scientist who laid the foundations for a linguodidactic model of Russian language in general, and functional-communicative grammar in particular.

Brokpa texts, glossary and verb stems: Appendices to Aspects of Brokpa Grammar

Author(s): Leki, Tshering; Funk, Damian; Gerber, Pascal; Grollmann, Selin; Mittaz, Corinne; Rufenacht, Sara; Waldis, Sereina | Abstract: The appendices to Himalayan Linguistics 19.1: Aspects of Brokpa Grammar consist of three parts, namely the text collection compiled by the Brokpa Documentation and Description Project (BDDP) at the Department of Linguistics of Bern University (Appendix A), a commented Brokpa glossary with etymologies (Appendix B) as well as the list of verb stems attested so far, indicating stem alternations (Appendix C).