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| TRAD0067-1 | Comparative method in linguistics, Dutch-French
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Second Language, Professional Focus, 1st year | | 4 |
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| Master en interprétation, à finalité spécialisée en interprétation de conférence, 1st year | | 4 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication culturelle internationale, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication culturelle internationale, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication économique et sociale., 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication économique et sociale., 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in French as a Second Language (réforme du master PMFRAN), 2nd year | | 4 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en langue et culture, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en langue et culture, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en traduction, à finalité spécialisée, 1st year | | 4 |
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| Lecturer : | Laurent Rasier |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This class examines the main theoretical and methodological issues as well as the main implications (e.g. for foreign language teaching, translation studies) of contrastive analysis. The languages under investigation are mainly Dutch and French, although attention may also be paid to other (Germanic and/or Romance) languages in order to include a broader typological dimension in the analysis.
The course will deal with the following subjects, among others:
- Typology: phonology (sound system, prosody), morphology, syntax, incl. universals
- Lexical contrasts: false friends, idioms, maken/doen (+ laten), position verbs, prepositions
- Morphological contrasts: gender, article, singular/plural, diminutive, particles
- Syntactic contrasts: worder order, verb phrase, sentence types, passive, connectives
- Pragmatic aspects: politeness, speech acts (e.g. requesting), topic/focus, text structuring, registers
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, the students will have insight into the main (syntactic, morphological, lexical) differences between Dutch and French on the one hand, and between Dutch and French and other, typologically (un)related languages on the other. This will improve the students' awareness and understanding of language typology. They will also develop a critical and comparative reflection on Dutch and French (and language in general) that will enable them to avoid interferences in the process of translation and to better understand non-native speakers' difficulties while learning Dutch and French as foreign languages (e.g. cases of L1-L2 transfer). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Good knowledge of Dutch and excellent knowledge of Frenh. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Ex cathedra teaching, supplemented with exercices (translation, data analyses) and commented readings. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face teaching, seminars |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Compulsory readings:
- Theissen, S., Rasier, L. & Hiligsmann, Ph. (2013), Dictionnaire contrastif français-néerlandais, Presses universitaires de Louvain: Louvain-la-Neuve.
- Syllabus (Powerpoint presentations) and reader with selected scientific articles
Optional readings:
- Rasier, L. et alii (2011), Nederlands in het perspectif van uitspraakverwerving en contrastieve taalkunde, Gent: Academia Press.
- Söres, A. (2008), Typologie et analyse contrastive, Peter Lang. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam. A written assignement may be organized at the end of the course. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Laurent RASIER
Chargé de cours au Département de langues et littératures modernes
E-mail: laurent.rasier@ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| Online Notes |
| Notes are available on MyULg. |
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