98355 - Russian Linguistics Exercises 2 (LM)

Learning outcomes

The student knows the linguistics of the Russian language in a deepened way (phonology, morphosyntax, lexicology, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics, stylistics and linguistics of the corpora). At the end of the two years course, the student is able to apply such knowledge by means of the use of suitable tools, the textual analysis; he/she knows how to use the learning methods which are developed in order to deepen and update in autonomy his/her own knowledge; he/she knows how to plan a linguistic search in a correct way. Through practical exercises during these 2 years, his/her communicative competences within all the linguistics abilities progress up to the level C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference, which allows students to effectively interpret the partner-linguistic and cultural codes in any subject within a communicative relationship.

Course contents

The course, which is a prosecution of the approach to textual analysis already dealt with in the first year of the course, will include the analysis of several genres of technical-scientific and literary texts with the related in-depth study of linguistic structures. Morphosyntactic and stylistic topics of particular complexity, relating to the assigned texts, will be dealt with. The characteristics of current mass-media language and public debate will also be explored, and audio and video materials will be offered to students to develop comprehension and interaction.


The theoretical course is combined with practical lessons (практический курс -36 hours), which are an integral part of the course, both in the written and oral examination. This practice enable the student to acquire dialogical (oral) and compositional (written) skills on the topics covered. In the practical course, work will also be done on vocabulary and phraseology relevant to the text types under examination. Translation exercises from Italian into Russian (only for those who know Italian) and language mediation will be proposed.

Readings/Bibliography

Perotto Monica, Kommunikativnyj analiz nechudožestvennogo teksta dlja studentov-magistrantov RKI. Firenze University Press, 2023 in open access sul sito di FUP:

https://books.fupress.com/catalogue/-------/13973

Cadorin E., Kukushkina I., Il russo per l’azienda, HOEPLI, Milano,2014

Cadorin E., Kukushkina I., il russo tecnico-scientifico, HOEPLI, Milano, 2015

Perotto M., Kovaljova N., I numerali nella lingua russa , Aracne Editore, Roma 2005.

Pessina Longo H., Averjanova G.N., Rogova K., Principi della comunicazione scientifica in lingua russa, Clueb, Bologna 1995.

Novikova N., Russkij jazyk i kul'tura rechi dlja inostrancev. PDF web-local.rudn.ru

Valgina N. S., Teorija teksta , Мoskva 2003 (online: http://www.hi-edu.ru/x-books/xbook029/01/index.html?part-001.htm )

Teaching methods

Interactive frontal lesson conducted with the aid of PP presentations, analytical and communicative method.

Assessment methods

The final assessment of the skills acquired consists of two parts: for the teorethical course a presentation to be given in class during the semester (analysis of an independently prepared essay) and a written textual analysis to be given at the end of the course plus a linguistic assessment of the practical course. The assessment criteria will be the candidate's oral and written linguistic competence and his or her ability to master textual analysis.
Passing the written test remains valid for 4 sessions. The final mark will consist of the average of the marks for the presentation and the written examination, including the linguistic assessment for the practical course. Passing the Russian linguistics 1 examination is a prerequisite for the Russian linguistics 2 examination.
The written test (3 hours) will focus on the lexical and stylistic analysis of a text compatible with those analysed in the course of the lectures to be carried out with the help of monolingual dictionaries and without computer. For the oral examination, during the presentation the student will have to choose and prepare a topic independently, will have to be able to motivate his/her stylistic choice and comment on the main concepts of the functional styles of Russian speech. The topic must be agreed with the teacher during the year.

Teaching tools

Manuals will be used, as well as PP presentations, audiovisual materials and online materials available to the student. Any other materials will be provided to students on the  Platform Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Monica Perotto