About project

Multilingual Corpus and its Resources for European Studies Research

№ 101096123 — MCRESR — ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH-UA-IBA 

Grant Agreement  № 101096123 — MCRESR

The Project Aim

the creation of a multilingual corpus, the resources of which will provide:

1) the introduction of the corpus approach for the in-depth, multifaceted study of the problems of European studies;

2) carrying out scientific research in the field of European studies and transfer of developed technologies to those spheres of social and state life that are most significant for the economy of Ukraine;

3) involvement of teachers and researchers in studying, consulting, mentoring and providing expert services in subject areas related to European integration.

Project Implementation Period

December 01, 2022 – November 30, 2025

Guaranty

The activity is financed by the European Union.

The Project Objectives

1.Compilation of a multi-lingual multi-level corpus of texts on European studies, which will include the following sub-corpora:

  • the main sub-corpus, which will present written texts of the second half of the 20th - beginning of the 21st century with a combination of several topics: EU state policy, European history, European law, economy, and internal relations in the EU;
  • newspaper subcorpus (subcorpus of modern European mass media), which will present articles from the mass media of the 1990s-2020s;
  • a multimedia sub-corpus, which will present oral texts - speeches of EU political figures with a corresponding video and audio sequence. The search in such a corpus will be possible not only by text but also by gestures and the type of linguistic personality of the politician, which is relevant for the development of linguistic personology and the theory of discourse analysis;
  • educational and academic sub-corpus. Creation of educational and academic materials based on corpus resources (industry glossaries, grammar, and lexicographic syllabuses);

2. Development and inclusion of the educational module “Multilingual corpus and its resources for the study of European studies” in the educational program for training doctors of philosophy;

3. Conducting trainings for students, teachers, researchers, civil servants, and public organizations in order to exchange experience and results of work with corpora for didactic and research purposes;

4. Study of best practices and popularization of the progressive experience of associations (UACES – the academic association for Contemporary European Studies, European Union Studies Association).

Expected
results

  1. Compilation of a multilingual corpus of texts on European studies, which has extensive meta-marking, covers the period from 1950 to 2020, and contains more than 10,000 texts of various genres.
  2. Creation of the work programme of the Module “Multilingual Corpus and its Resources for European Studies Research” with innovative content for the preparation of PhDs.
  3. Development and testing of innovative teaching methodology of European studies using the corpus approach.
  4. Providing methodological, advisory, and informational support to all those interested in subject areas related to European studies.
  5. Preparation and publication of newsletters “UACES: best practices for Ukraine”, and “European Union Studies Association: synergy of creating successful start-ups / projects”.
  6. Conducting scientific and practical conferences, seminars, webinars, trainings & other events on European issues;
  7. Scientific, popular science, and information publications of project team members.
  8. Creation and maintenance of the website of the Module “Multilingual Corpus and its Resources European Studies Research”, as well as the development of a corresponding training course on the Moodle platform.
  9. Dissemination of information about the Module through the operation of the website and through cooperation with the media.
  10. Inclusion in the open-access scientific journal “Messenger of KNLU. Series “Philology” (http://philmessenger.knlu.edu.ua/) Section “Corpus Linguistics”.

PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROJECT

COORDINATOR of the project
Alla KOROLYOVA

doctor of philological sciences, professor, vice-rector from scientific work of KNLU (Kyiv, UKRAINE)

CO-COORDINATOR of the project
Yan KAPRANOV

doctor of philological sciences, docent,
professor KNLU (Kyiv, UKRAINE)

PARTICIPANT in the project
Tatyana ANOKHINA

doctor of philological sciences, associate professor, executor of the project MCREST at KNLU (Kyiv, UKRAINE)

PARTICIPANT in the project
Olena ANDRUSHENKO

candidate of philological sciences, associate professor, executor of the project MCREST at KNLU (Kyiv, UKRAINE)