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Master en linguistique, à finalité approfondie en linguistique générale et appliquée (Master of Linguistics, leading to specialisation in General and Applied Linguistics ) [LING2MA]

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Programme management

CLIG Commission de gestion des diplômes en linguistique
Responsable académique : Elisabeth Degand	Tél. 010474982
Contact : Annie Troost	Tél. 010474940 troost@germ.ucl.ac.be

Study objectives

The Master's programme in Linguistics aims to provide the students with in-depth training in General and Applied Linguistics. It offers a vast choice from among numerous specialisations. The programme provides an excellent basis for students who are interested in scientific and linguistic research. In addition, this master can likewise orientate the students towards professions in the domains of linguistic engineering, written and oral communication, dictionary work and specialised terminology etc.
The targeted specialisation in General and Applied Linguistics aims to deepen the linguistic knowledge of the student in at least one modern language (French, Dutch, English, German or Spanish) and to develop specific knowledge in one or more domains of Applied Linguistics (learning foreign languages, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, contrastive linguistics, etc.). This line of studies will finally lead to doctoral research, or to a career in written and oral communication in the wide sense of the term.

Admission conditions

Subject to the conditions fixed by the Faculty authorities, access is entitled to university graduates (or bachelors) or to those enrolled for the final year of their degree course. In the case of the latter, the master's degree can only be obtained after the awarding of the bachelor's degree.

Admission procedures

The University admission and enrolment procedures are detailled in the "General Information" section on the WEB page :
http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/programme.html

General structure of the programme

This two year programme consists of :

a core syllabus (60 credits) including an introduction to lectures in linguistics (32 credits), a thesis and a period of work experience (28 credits); a specialisation (30 credits) in General and Applied linguistics; an option (30 credits) linked to the specialisation.

Dispensations can be granted to candidates who manage to have their equivalences validated.

Programme content

A.- Core syllabus (32 credits)
Introduction to General Linguistics
FLTR2270	General linguistics : semantics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Elisabeth Degand
or
CLIG2120	Linguistic semantics and general semiotics[30h] (4.5 credits) (in French)	N.
CLIG2190	Introduction to the quantitative analysis of linguistic data[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Cédrick Fairon
FLTR2620	Natural language processing[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Cédrick Fairon
ESPO2102	Statistics[30h+15h] (~) (in French)	Dominique Deprins
ROM2371	Seminar: French Linguistics I[15h] (3 credits) (in French)	Michel Francard, Anne-Catherine Simon
ROM2140	French Linguistics : general issues in syntax[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Anne-Catherine Simon
ROM2170	French Linguistics : further issues in Lexicology[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Jean Klein
FILO2220	Philosophy of language[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Marcel Crabbé
B. Specialisation in General and Applied linguistics (30 credits)
The student will follow 2 different modules for a minimum of 15 credits per module. For module 6, Linguistics in a Modern Language, a maximum of two different modern languages may be followed.
Module 1 : Comparative and Contrastive Linguistics
FLTR2160	African linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Clementine Madiya Nzuji
GERM2110	Contrastive linguistics, especially comparative grammar of Indo-European languages[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Philippe Hiligsmann
GERM2206	English language : advanced skills (stylistics)[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in English)	Sylviane Granger
GERM2313	German linguistics : Special topics (contrastive linguistics)[30h] (4 credits) (in D)	Joachim Sabel
GERM2212	Modern Dutch linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Philippe Hiligsmann
GLOR2801	Comparative grammar of Semitic languages[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Jean-Claude Haelewyck
GLOR2802	Comparative Indo-European linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Lambert Isebaert
ROM2110	Romance Linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Jean Klein
Module 2 : Linguistics applied to Learning a Language
ROM2460	French Linguistics applied to teaching : French as a mother tongue[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Cédrick Fairon
ROM2461	French Linguistics applied to teaching : French as a foreign language[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in French)	Jean Klein
GERM2922	English as a foreign language (EFL) seminar : linguistic aspects[15h] (4 credits) (in English)	Jean Heiderscheidt
GERM2912	Methodology of teaching German: Linguistics[15h] (4 credits) (in D)	Joachim Sabel
GERM2932	Dutch as a foreign language (DFL) seminar : linguistic aspects[15h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Ludovic Beheydt
GERM2208	English linguistics : Second Language Acquisition[30h] (4 credits) (in English)	Fanny Meunier
GERM2312	German as a foreign language (GFL) methodology[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in D)	Henri Bouillon
GERM2311	English as a foreign language (EFL) methodology[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in English)	Fanny Meunier
GERM2310	Dutch as a foreign language (DFL) methodology[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Pierre Godin
ROM2315	Teaching French as a foreign language[30h+15h] (4 credits) (in French)	Luc Collès
GERM2314	German linguistics : Special topics (inguistic varieties)[30h] (4 credits) (in D)	N.
ROM2462	Contrastive and corrective French phonetics[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in French)	Silvia Lucchini
CLIG2150	Computer-assisted language learning[45h] (6 credits) (in French)	N.
Module 3 : Computational Linguistics
FLTR2630	Introduction to automatic text processing[30h] (6 credits) (in French)	Cédrick Fairon
GELI2009	Panorama des applications de l'ingénierie linguistique[30h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
CLIG2140	Séminaire de linguistique computationnelle[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	N.
The courses below may be chosen at KULeuven :
LING2001	Text based information retrieval (KUL - H0J61)[28h] (4 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2002	Natural language Processing (KUL - H0C28A)[32.5h] (4 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2003	Linguistic theories and artificial intelligence (KUL - H0D36A)[32.5h] (4 credits) (in French)	N.
Module 4 : Speech and Communication
COMU2104	Systemic theory of communications[30h] (3 credits) (in French)	Jean-Pierre Meunier
COMU2131	Semiology of analogue communications[30h] (3 credits) (in French)	Jean-Pierre Meunier
COMU2132	Narrative and society[30h] (3 credits) (in French)	Marc Lits
COMU2242	Semio pragmatic analysis of audio scripto visual communications[20h+10h] (4 credits) (in French)	Jean-Pierre Meunier
COMU2266	Media-based narratology[30h] (3 credits) (in French)	Philippe Marion
COMU2271	Analysis of media content and discourse[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Marc Lits
CLIG2160	Sociolinguistics[15h] (3.5 credits) (in French)	Michel Francard
CLIG2170	Ethnolinguistics[15h] (3 credits) (in French)	N.
ROM2180	Geolinguistic varieties of French[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Michel Francard
ROM2463	French for specific purposes[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)	Luc Collès, Francine Thyrion
Module 5 : Psychology and Language
LOGO2112	Psychologie du langage oral: processus de base[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Michel Hupet
LOGO2113	Psychologie du langage oral: développement[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Michel Hupet
LOGO2243	Clinique logopédique du langage oral[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Marie-Anne Schelstraete
LOGO2271	Clinique logopédique chez le sujet handicapé (partie A)[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Marie-Anne Schelstraete
PSY2351	Differential psychology of the basic skills[30h] (3 credits) (in French)	Jacques Grégoire
PSY2650	Advanced questions of neurolinguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)	Marie-Pierre de Partz de Courtray, Agnesa Pillon
Module 6 : Linguistics of a Modern Language
Minimum 15 credits per language, maximum two different languages. A graduate or bachelor's degree is required to follow these courses.
English
GERM2125	Modern English Linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in English)	Sylviane Granger
GERM2206	English language : advanced skills (stylistics)[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in English)	Sylviane Granger
GERM2208	English linguistics : Second Language Acquisition[30h] (4 credits) (in English)	Fanny Meunier
GERM2218	English linguistics seminar : corpus linguistics[15h] (4 credits) (in English)	Fanny Meunier
GERM2323	English Linguistics: sociolinguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in English)	Fanny Meunier
GERM2344	English linguistics : discourse analysis[30h] (4 credits) (in English)	Gaëtanelle Gilquin (supplée Sylviane Granger), Sylviane Granger
The courses below may be chosen at KULeuven :
LING2004	Engelse taalkunde : Theoretische taalkunde (KUL - F02A0A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2005	Engelse taalkunde : Theoretische taalkunde (KUL - F0475A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2006	Engelse taalkunde : Descriptieve taalkunde (KUL - F0477A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2007	Engelse taalkunde : Toegepaste taalkunde (KUL - F0476A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
Dutch
GERM2135	Modern Dutch linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Ludovic Beheydt
GERM2212	Modern Dutch linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Philippe Hiligsmann
GERM2219	Seminar Dutch linguistics[15h] (4 credits) (in NL)	N.
GERM2334	Special topics: Linguistic varieties in Dutch[30h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Pierre Godin, Philippe Hiligsmann
GERM2345	Dutch linguistics: special topics (phonetics and phonology of modern Dutch varieties)[30h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Ludovic Beheydt
GERM2211	Dutch language : advanced skills (stylistics)-[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in NL)	Ludovic Beheydt
The courses below may be chosen at KULeuven :
LING2008	Nederlandse taalkunde : Descriptieve taalkunde (KUL - F0465A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2009	Nederlandse taalkunde : Descriptieve taalkunde (KUL - F0467A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2010	Nederlandse taalkunde : Grammaticale stilistieke (KUL - F0468A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2011	Nederlandse taalkunde : Toegepaste taalkunde (KUL - F0469A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
German
GERM2115	Modern German linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in D)	Joachim Sabel
GERM2204	Modern German linguistics[30h] (4 credits) (in D)	Joachim Sabel
GERM2217	Seminar German linguistics[15h] (4 credits) (in D)	N.
GERM2313	German linguistics : Special topics (contrastive linguistics)[30h] (4 credits) (in D)	Joachim Sabel
GERM2314	German linguistics : Special topics (inguistic varieties)[30h] (4 credits) (in D)	N.
GERM2203	German language : advanced skills (stylistics)[15h+15h] (4 credits) (in D)	Henri Bouillon
The cours below may be chosen at KULeuven :
LING2012	Duitse taalkunde : Theoretische taalkunde (KUL - F0485A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2013	Duitse taalkunde : Descriptieve taalkunde (KUL - F0487A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2014	Duitse taalkunde : Toegepaste taalkunde (KUL - F0486A)[26h] (5 credits) (in French)	N.
Spanish
ROM2516	Seminar: Spanish Linguistics I[15h] (3.5 credits) (in S)	Robert Verdonk
ROM2517	Seminar: Spanish Linguistics II[15h] (3.5 credits) (in S)	Robert Verdonk
The cours below may be chosen at KULeuven :
LING2015	Spaanse taalkunde : Syntaxis met oefeningen (KUL - F0426A)[52h] (6 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2016	Spaanse taalkunde : Discourseanalyse (KUL - F0427A)[39h] (6 credits) (in French)	N.
LING2017	Spaanse taalkunde : Contrastieve analyse (KUL - F0584A)[39h] (6 credits) (in French)	N.
C. Option (30 credits)
From among the modules mentioned under point B (specialisation in General and Applied Linguistics), the student will choose either :

two supplementary modules for 15 credits (in order to attain a total of 60 credits including the speciality and the option); one single supplementary module for a minimum of 15 credits and a maximum of 30 credits (if necessary, the modules chosen under B will be completed by courses from the same module in order to attain a total of 60 credits including the specialisation and the option); 30 credits of courses to complete the modules chosen under B (to attain approximately 2 x 30 credits for the two modules chosen under B)

D. Thesis and apprenticeship (28 credits)
The student will complete an apprenticeship in a research laboratory (in a university or in industry) for a minimum of 7 weeks (14 weeks part-time). A list of teams ready to welcome the students will be available at the secretary's office. Depending on the availability of the research teams, this period will take place preferably during the second semester of the first year or during the first semester of the second year.
The student must present a thesis (50 to 100 pages) on a linguistic subject relating to the subject matter taught in the context of the degree, preferably in the prolongation of his apprenticeship in a research laboratory.

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