FJ2A033 French linguistics III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 G11, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
FJ2A032 French linguistics II
Only Master students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose of the course is to give an overview of linguistic methods and subjects in diachronic linguistics.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student should be able to :
- identify and summarize the topics studied ;
- write an essay deepening one of the studied topics in the semester.
Syllabus
  • I. Comparative historical grammar, language diversity and groups
  • II. Languages and genetics, grammaticalization
  • III. Language acquisition, theories of understanding/comprhension
Literature
  • LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. Fifth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, ix, 280. ISBN 9780194406291. info
  • The Oxford handbook of linguistic analysis. Edited by Bernd Heine - Heiko Narrog. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xxxi, 1180. ISBN 9780199677078. info
  • TAYLOR, John R. The mental corpus : how language is represented in the mind. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, viii, 321. ISBN 9780199290802. info
  • The genesis of grammara reconstruction. Edited by Bernd Heine - Tania Kuteva. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, xvi, 418 p. ISBN 0199227764. info
  • HEINE, Bernd and Tanja Angelova KUTEVA. World lexicon of grammaticalization. Beijing: Shijie tushu chuban gongsi, 2007, 387 s. ISBN 9787506282826. info
  • SPINELLI, Elsa and Ludovic FERRAND. Psychologie du langage : l'écrit et le parlé, du signal à la signification. Paris: Armand Colin, 2005, vii, 243. ISBN 2200267770. info
  • RASTIER, François. Sémantique et recherches cognitives. 2e éd., cor. et augm. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2001, 272 s. ISBN 213052351X. info
  • Cognitive foundations of grammar. Edited by Bernd Heine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, x, 185 p. ISBN 0195102525. info
  • MARCHELLO-NIZIA, Christiane. L'évolution du français : ordre des mots, démonstratifs, accent tonique. Paris: Armand Colin, 1995, 213 s. ISBN 2200215754. info
  • PICOCHE, Jacqueline and Christiane MARCHELLO-NIZIA. Histoire de la langue française. [Paris]: Nathan, 1991, 397 s. ISBN 209190502X. info
  • BRÉDART, Serge and Jean Adolphe RONDAL. L'analyse du langage chez l'enfant : les activités métalinguistiques. Bruxelles: Pierre Mardaga, 1982, 146 stran. ISBN 2870091583. info
  • MOREAU, Marie-Louise and Marc RICHELLE. L'acquisition du langage. 2e édition. Bruxelles: Pierre Mardaga, 1981, 261 stran. ISBN 2870091613. info
  • PICOCHE, Jacqueline. Précis de morphologie historique du français. Paris: Nathan, 1979, 98 s. ISBN 2091505094. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects.
Assessment methods
Essay to be written at the end of semester. The essay is very different depending on the students' field of study. Students in Master French Language and literature are expected to focus on theoretical points, whereas French didactics students are essentially required to write a well-argued pedagogical lesson plan on a subject covered in class.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinovaná forma studia: 14 hodin za semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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