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| LROM0025-3 | Introduction to historical linguistics of French (history of the language and its phonetic system)
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Marie‑Guy Boutier |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | This lecture contains two parts.
1° The student is introduced to historical linguistics of French by a course of historical phonetics (study about the changes of the sounds composing a word from his birth up to now).
2° He is introduced to history of the French language by a personal reading of a book (see the references below) and by an analysis of texts. |
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| Course objective : | To learn the main mechanisms of evolution of the sounds and to be able to reconstitute the phonetic evolution of french words.
To know the main steps in the history of French language and to be able to recognize the age of a text. |
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| Prerequisites : | None. |
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| Workshops : | Exercises on WebCT .
In the second half of the year: phonetic exercises and texts readind (students will be divided to form 2 groups). |
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| Organization : | Friday 3 p.m-4 p.m (first half of the year)
Friday 3 p.m-5 p.m (second half of the year) |
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| Written notes : | Plan of the lessons on WebCT. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination. |
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| Contacts : | Marie-Guy Boutier.
Marie Steffens.
Séverine Mélot. |
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