Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Degand Elisabeth;
Language
English
Prerequisites
Introduction to linguistics
B2+ level in English
B2+ level in English
Main themes
The course deals with the comparative study of language with respect to language typology (and language universals), with comparative grammar, and with contrastive linguistics.
The methodological aspects and the areas of research will be illustrated with examples from the Germanic and the Romance languages.
Modern aspects of contrastive linguistics will be especially highlighted.
The methodological aspects and the areas of research will be illustrated with examples from the Germanic and the Romance languages.
Modern aspects of contrastive linguistics will be especially highlighted.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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At the end of the course students should:
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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”.
Content
The (ex-cathedra) introduction gives an overview of the history of contrastive linguistics as a discipline.
Afterwards the methodological aspects of language typology and contrastive linguistics will be addressed in a research seminar format. The examples that will be discussed are mainly from the Germanic and Romance languages.
Afterwards the methodological aspects of language typology and contrastive linguistics will be addressed in a research seminar format. The examples that will be discussed are mainly from the Germanic and Romance languages.
Teaching methods
The introduction to the course contains ex cathedra lectures, but it also requires the students active participation when discussing the port-folio that will serve as the basis bibliography for the final essay.
Evaluation methods
Written essay with oral defense
Other information
Port-folio
Online resources
Moodle website
Bibliography
Disponible sur Moodle
Faculty or entity
LMOD
