Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French 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
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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Mastering the theoretical notions and the methods of analysis and being able to apply them in order to solve concrete problems.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face. 30 hours; 1st semester;
Recommended or required readings
The course will be based on the following books:
- Everett, C. (2013). Linguistic Relativity: Evidence across Languages and Cognitive Domains. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
- Velupillai, V. (2012). An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written exam measuring the understanding of key theoretical concepts as well as the students' ability to apply these to concrete cases. A final may also be asked at the end of the course.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Concrete examples will be used as a basis of reflexion to introduce theoretical concepts.
Contacts
Professors: Laurent Rasier & Julien Perrez
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Laurent Rasier
Département de langues et littératures modernes
Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège
tél.: +32 4 3665403
Laurent.Rasier@uliege.be
Office hours
On appointment.
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Julien Perrez
Département de langues et littératures modernes
Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège
tél.: +32 4 3665837
Julien.Perrez@uliege.be
Office hours
On appointment.
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Chapter 5: Morphological typology
Documents realting to the notion of morphological typology
Chapter 6_Lexical typology
Documents relating to the notion of lexical typology (2n part)
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