General linguistics, lexicography and syntax issues, Lexicography and syntax issues

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

France-Anne Neven

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

    1) In-depth study of lexicological concepts and methods (procedures for creating words, relationships between words etc);
2) In-depth study of the syntactic particularities of French;

3) Identification of syntactical and lexical errors or mistakes in statements and redrafting these statements in standard French; 
4) Working with the main dictionaries and grammar books relating to the French language.
5) Use of dictionaries
6) Writings (the past, the present and the future simple tenses will be used).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

    Students will be capable of using appropriate dictionaries and grammatical works depending on their research objectives and methods.  Students will be able to identify syntactical and lexicological mistakes, weaknesses and errors and be able to correct them.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisite knowledge, but C1 level for non-native speakers. 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

 

Duration and Period: 30 hours in the 1st semester. The QLS course will be given in the 1st semester according to the following schedule:

• Seminar with personalized coaching (in small groups, on a voluntary basis): Monday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; ULiège, TI campus, rue de Pitteurs, L5 2.8 (Danica Seleskovitch room).
  
  
• Large group lecture: Monday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; ULiège, TI campus, rue de Pitteurs, L5 2.8 (Danica Seleskovitch room). *The groups for the Monday seminar will be formed during the first class, on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 8 a.m.
  
  

• Depending on the evolution of the health situation or given the particular circumstances due to COVID-19, the course could be given, in whole or in part, remotely.
  
  
• For exceptional reasons, certain course sessions may be given remotely on the TEAMS platform.
  
  

Course materials and recommended or required readings

  COURSE NOTES:  - Course notes (with exercices and exams examples).
- Texts and exercises distributed during class. 
- A book to study for the exam : COLIGNON, J.-P., Pour ne plus faire de fautes d'orthographe. Paris, éd. de l'Opportun, Poche, s.d.
RECOMMENDED READING : A bibliography will be distributed during class. 
MAIN RESOURCES USED BY THE TEACHER : - Bavoux, C. (dir.), Le français des dictionnaires: L'autre versant de la lexicographie française, Brussels, Duculot, 2008.  - Bal, W., Doppagne, A., Goosse, A., Hanse, J., Lenoble-Pinson, M., Pohl, J., Warnant, L.,Belgicismes. Inventaire des particularités lexicales du français en Belgique, Louvain-la-Neuve, Duculot, Paris, Conseil international de la langue française, 1994.  - Hanse, J., Blampain, D., Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne, Louvain-la-Neuve, De Boeck-Duculot, 2005. - Paveau, M.-A., Rosier, L., La langue française: passions et polémiques, Paris, Vuibert, 2008.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )


Further information:

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:



Absorbing Grade Principle and Grading  

This course unit is subject to the absorbing grade principle. This means that if a grade below 8/20 is given for one of the learning activities (AAs), that grade becomes the overall grade for the course unit. Only the exam for the failed AA will be retaken during the second session.

Only grades with decimals of 0.8 and 0.9 will be rounded up to the next whole number. For example, a grade of 7.6/20 will not be rounded up to 8/20.

 

Exam Formats by Session  

All sessions combined:

• In-person: Written evaluation (MCQs, open-ended questions)
  
  
• Remote: Written evaluation (MCQs, open-ended questions)
  
  
• If "hybrid": Preference for in-person evaluation
  
  

• A list of paronyms and semantically similar terms that can lead to writing errors (list published in the syllabus).
  
  
• J.-P. Colignon's book (required reading available as a PDF or in hard copy).
  
  
• Identifying and correcting solecisms and barbarisms in a text.
  
  
• Exercises and theoretical points covered in class (word creation processes, meaning of affixes, identification of Belgianisms, etc.).
  
  
• A writing task following specific instructions (required verb moods and tenses, tense agreement to be respected, etc.).
  
  

Work placement(s)

No work placements.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

FANeven@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

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