This biannual course is taught on years 2015-2016, 2017-2018, ....
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With the help of relevant working tools and making use of appropriate methodologies, students will be capable of :
- describing the endogenous regional languages of Wallonia (Walloon, Picard, Gaumais, Champenois) from the perspective of their main formal characteristics;
- describing and analysing the linguistic attitudes and representations of speakers of the regional languages of Wallonia;
- analysing the future prospects of these languages and the challenges at stake.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Oral examination + presentation of a personal assignment
Lectures and supervised activities
This course studies the endogenous regional languages of Wallonia with a three-part approach: historical, sociolinguistic and formal.
The course will present the main working tools available and introduce students to the methods of analysis appropriate for the internal and external study of regional languages.
Course material
Michel Francard, Wallon ' Picard ' Gaumais ' Champenois. Les langues régionales de la Wallonie. Bruxelles : De Boeck, 2013, 216 p.
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