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LGER0021-1

English linguistics E: A History of English Words

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Duration :30h Th
Credits/ECTS :
1st "licence" in Germanic languages and literatures5
1st "licence" in Germanic languages and literatures (modern languages and literature)5
2nd "licence" in Germanic languages and literatures (modern languages and literature)5
Holder(s) :Juliette Dor
Course contents :
  • Major dictionaries; their policies
  • basic terms and mechanisms
  • historical events and layers of vocabularyin English
  • semantic developments
  • exercises
Course objective : - major mechanisms and strata of the English vocabulary; registers
- use of documentary resources
Prerequisites : not available
Workshops : Each student will examine a particular point; he/she will make an oral presentation and will write a report.
Organization : 30 hours
1st semester
3 place Cockerill (A2/6/8), Tuesday, 3-5 pm
Written notes : Textbook:
R. Stockwell/D. Minkova, English Words. History and Structure, CUP, 2001
additional online readings and exercises :
http://uk.cambridge.org/resources/0521793629/default.htm
Assessment : January: oral exam
September: oral exam
Contacts : not available




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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