Public Lecture by Alexander Berdichevsky
02/15/2012 - 14:00 - 14:00
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Alexander Berdichevsky, a linguist from the University of Bergen, will
deliver a public lecture entitled "Norm Erosion and Grammatical Innovations
in the Language of the Russian Internet". The lecture will be held in the
auditorium S-333 (TU Silva building, Narva Rd 29) on Wednesday, 15 February
at 14:15.The lecture will discuss an innovation in the Russian language
that has evolved due to a new channel of communication – the Internet.
The lecturer will introduce examples from other languages as well.Alexander
Berdichevsky, a Latvian researcher of the Russian language, graduated from
Lomonosov Moscow State University. In his studies, he focused on Russian
semantics, semiotics and natural language processing. He has worked as a
science journalist in Russia; he is also one of the founders of the
International Linguistics Olympiad. He is currently doing his PhD at the
University of Bergen in Norway. Further information about Alexander
Berdichevsky is available here.Alexander Berdichevsky is visiting Tallinn
as a University Guest at the invitation of the Institute of Slavonic
Languages and Cultures. For further information please contact:Inna
AdamsonPhone: +372 640 9331E-mail: inna.adamson@tlu.ee
deliver a public lecture entitled "Norm Erosion and Grammatical Innovations
in the Language of the Russian Internet". The lecture will be held in the
auditorium S-333 (TU Silva building, Narva Rd 29) on Wednesday, 15 February
at 14:15.The lecture will discuss an innovation in the Russian language
that has evolved due to a new channel of communication – the Internet.
The lecturer will introduce examples from other languages as well.Alexander
Berdichevsky, a Latvian researcher of the Russian language, graduated from
Lomonosov Moscow State University. In his studies, he focused on Russian
semantics, semiotics and natural language processing. He has worked as a
science journalist in Russia; he is also one of the founders of the
International Linguistics Olympiad. He is currently doing his PhD at the
University of Bergen in Norway. Further information about Alexander
Berdichevsky is available here.Alexander Berdichevsky is visiting Tallinn
as a University Guest at the invitation of the Institute of Slavonic
Languages and Cultures. For further information please contact:Inna
AdamsonPhone: +372 640 9331E-mail: inna.adamson@tlu.ee