STRUCTURES DU FRANÇAIS CONTEMPORAIN

       Syllabus

    UB COURSE SYNOPSIS – Spring 2018

    DEPARTMENT Romance Languages and Literatures

     Studies PROGRAM/STUDY: FRENCH

    COURSE NUMBER FR 526 COURSE TITLE Structures of Contemporary French
    PROFESSOR Jean-Jacques Thomas

    CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION, if any:

    Prerequisistes: authorization of the teacher

    SYNOPSIS OF COURSE CONTENT:

    The purpose of this course is to study contemporary French phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.     All elements are first studied from a descriptive point of view. This leads to the acquisition of a more advanced competence in the area of French linguistics. Special emphasis is then laid on the functional regularity of verbal and syntactical components. Basic tendencies in the semantic development of contemporary French will also be stressed. Study of French texts and documents serves as support for the study of the general language evolution in the last 20 years. Finally presentation of the fundamental elements of French pragmatics will encompass, among others, the following processes: ideational clauses, discursive categorization, speech acts and situational pragmatics. In French.

    READING ASSIGMENTS:

   Web site  materials ( http://www.ieeff.org/ub526spring18frenchlinguistics.html )

    EXAMINATIONS:

    Special assignments (2) :   mid-term   /  end of semester

   GRADE TO BE BASED ON:

    Mid-term assignment (45 %); final assignment (45%); class participation (10%).

     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/COMMENTS:


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