The skills should focus on the ability to
- explain and apply the essential Ethnolinguistic terminology;
- identify lexical connotations established in the transitive sense of a word;
- recognize ethno specific elements of a given language
- point out and explain the relation between the inner form of a word and the culture and mentality it occurs in.

Basics of Applied Linguistics
Basics of Ethnolingistics (Part 1)

General notions of Ethnolinguistics.The subject and object of Ethnolinguistics.Origins of Ethnolinguistics and its formation. Linguistic relativity. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The interdisciplinary context of Ethnolinguistics. The relation of Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Linguistics.The interconnection of Ethnolinguistics and Translation Studies.Outstanding Ethnolinguists: a personological approach.

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Semester assessment - 40 points.
Individual research project - 10 points.
Credit - 50 points