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| LING0009-1 | Introduction to general linguistics and language typology
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures, German, Dutch and English, 2nd year |  | Toute l'année |  | 3 |
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| Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd year |  | Toute l'année |  | 3 |
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| Bachelor in philosophy, 1st year |  | Toute l'année |  | 4 |
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| Bachelor in philosophy, 3rd year |  | Toute l'année |  | 4 |
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| Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures, 3rd year |  | Toute l'année |  | 3 |
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| One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Linguistics |  | Toute l'année |  | 4 |
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| One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, germanic orientation |  | Toute l'année |  | 4 |
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| Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Classics, Research Focus, 1st year |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, Teaching Focus, 1st year |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Master in Linguistics, Research focus, 1st year |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Oriental Studies, Teaching Focus, 1st year |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Oriental Studies, Teaching Focus, 1st year |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Oriental Languages |  | Toute l'année |  | 5 |
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Kefer |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | An introduction to what the world's languages have in common and in what aspects they can differ as well as to the main principles underlying language. Tools applied to exercises and potentially to be used to a grammatical phenomenon of the student's choice. |
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| Course objective : | See above |
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| Prerequisites : | None. |
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| Organization : | 30 hours; 1st and 2nd semester; See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | Recommended work: Radford et al.: Linguistics: An Introduction.CUP. 1999. ISBN 0 521 47854 5 paperback. Some lecture notes as well as exercise sheets will be available.. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (as a rule, the aim of the questions is to check the student's understanding and ability to apply. June |
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| Contacts : | Enseignant titulaire
Michel KEFER, chargé de cours Département de Langues et littératures germaniques Place Cockerill, 3, 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 54 09 E-mail Michel.Kefer@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat
Myriam BLUM Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 54 66 |
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| Remarks : | Concrete examples will be used as a basis of reflexion to introduce theoretical concepts. Exercises to be done at home will be proposed. It is important for the students to do these exercises in order to be able to understand the explanations in class; it is also necessary as a preparation for the examination. |
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