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Dialectology

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Course ID: 3221-S1-FBA-D32-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: Dialectology
Name in Polish: Dialektologia
Organizational unit: Department of Belarusian Studies
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses
General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Belarusian
Type of course:

general courses

Prerequisites (description):

Knowledge of Belarusian B2 and diachronic linquistic.

Short description:

The aim of the course is to introduce issues related to the territorial diversity of the Belarusian language, and to teach students characteristics of the Belarusian dialects

Full description:

1. Subject, tasks, methods and the basic terms of dialectology.

2. The history and attainments of Belarusian dialectology.

3. Dialects in the territory of Belarus. The main dialects and dialects of Polesie . Dialectal characteristics of Polesie dialects.

4. North-eastern and south-western Belarusian dialect. Phonetic differences.

5. Morphological differences.

6. Lexical differences.

7. Groups of Belarusian dialects and the basic criteria of the division.

8. Central Belarusian dialects.

9. Belarusian dialects outside Belarusian borders.

10. The meaning of dialectology for the creation of the literary language.

11. Practical work with dialectal texts, dialectological atlas of the Belarusian language, recordings.

Bibliography:

Atlas gwar wschodniosłowiańskich Białostocczyzny, t. 1-3, 1980-1993.

Bielaruskaja dyjaliektalohija, vyp. 1-5, 2010-2018.

Dyjaliektalahičny atlas bielaruskaj movy, Minsk 1963.

Linhvistyčnaja hieahrafija i hrupoŭka bielaruskich havorak, Minsk 1968

N. Barszczewska, M. Jankowiak, Dialektologia białoruska, Warszawa 2012.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Student can take the final exam if (elements of marking):

- constant assessment (participation, activity during classes, project on text analyse) - 30%

- exam - 70%

Exam results:

60% - 68% - 3 (satisfactory)

69% - 77% - 3+ (rated satisfactory plus)

78% - 86% - 4 (good)

87% - 91% - 4+ (good plus)

92% - 97% - 5 (very good)

98% -100% - 5! (Very good with an exclamation mark)

Student can sit an exam for the second time in second session. The exam has the same form and condition as during first time.

Attendance at classes is mandatory. The student is entitled to 2 unexcused absences. Each additional absence requires the student to submit justification.

If the total number of unexcused and excused absences is more than half of the total number of class hours, this could be the basis for failure of the course.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Maryla Chaustowicz
Group instructors: Maryla Chaustowicz
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