Aims

Give students a solid foundation course in English lexicology. After completing the course, the students should master the terminology and concepts of the field and should have no difficulty reading scientific articles relating to lexicology.

Main themes

The following topics are covered:
- lexical semantics (conceptual, collocational, connotative and stylistic meaning)
- polysemy
- lexical change
- contrastive lexicology (English-French)
- lexicography (monolingual and bilingual)
- critical lexical analysis (politically correct language; war vocabulary)

Content and teaching methods

Advanced course in English lexicology: lexical semantics (referential, collocational, stylistic, connotative meaning; homonymy; polysemy; semantic change, etc.); contrastive lexicology (English/French); lexicography (monolingual and bilingual dictionaries); critical lexical analysis (politically correct language, etc.): vocabulary teaching.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Evaluation : Students can choose between the following two forms of assessment:
- oral exam.
- extended essay on a topic connected with English lexicology (+ oral defense).

Teaching materials : J. Van Roey. 1990. French-English Contrastive Lexicology. Peeters.

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