Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course of Dutch Synchronic Linguistics A will be devoted to the question of the realization of spatial relations in Dutch from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, on the one hand, and to the development of scientific writing skills, on the other.
In the theoretical part, we will analyze different types of spatial constructions (posture verbs, placement verbs, movement verbs, "caused-motion" constructions) from a contrastive and a mutlimodal approach, pinpointing the learning difficulties that these constructions may represent for French-speaking learners. For the analysis of these constructions, we will adopt an inductive method inspired by corpus linguistics. Students will be invited to use electronic corpora and to build Excel databases.
In the practical part of the course, we will study the formal characteristics of the scientific register in order to develop students' writing skills in this field.
These different contents will allow students to take an in-depth linguistic look at certain aspects of the functioning of Dutch.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Analyze the linguistic realizations of spatial expressions in Dutch and French;
- Understand the typological differences between Dutch and French as far as spatial expressions are concerned;
- Use electronic corpora to collect authentic linguistic data;
- Creat a database and a taxonomy to analyze linguistic data;
- Make a critical reading of scientific articles;
- Develop an original research project;
- Write a scientific paper in Dutch;
- Present the results of their study.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There is no formal prerequisite to follow this course. Having earned the ECTS credits for the course of Dutch linguistcs II (LGER0089-1) might be an asset.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course includes various teaching methods, among which:
- formal lectures on theoretical concepts;
- research seminars (discussion and presentation of scientific articles)
- teamwork (paper)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face mode of delivery, weekly sessions of 2 hours
Start: Monday 18/09/2023
Room: A1 Philo1 (2/35A)
Recommended or required readings
Lecture notes will be available after each session.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The final grade will be determined by two parts.
- An original research paper (75%) on a subject related to one aspect of the course;
- Oral exam (25%) consisting of two parts: (1) presentation of the paper, (2) theoretical part of the course (based on a portfolio of selected scientific papers).
The final version of the research paper should be handed in at least three (working) days before the oral exam.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Dutch will be used for all course interactions. It is nonetheless possible that some scientific articles to be discussed are written in English.
Contacts
Julien PERREZ, Professor
Department of modern languages: Linguistics, literature and translation
Place Cockerill 3
bureau: A2/5/17 (5è étage du bâtiment A2)
Tél.: +32 4 3665837
Julien.Perrez@uliege.be
https://my.uliege.be/portail/TR/view2.do?as_codULg=U214827
Association of one or more MOOCs
There is no MOOC associated with this course.