French Linguistics

Code:

LA019

Acronym:

LINFRA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	16	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
LLC	8	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
		Study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and French

Objectives

The course aims to encourage students' descriptive, reflective and analytical attitudes toward French language, so they become increasingly aware of the mechanisms and principles underlying this language they study, and they become able to use it thoughtfully.

Learning outcomes and competences

Successful students will:

• understand French language as a system ruled by universal principles and particular parameters;
• have improved their formal knowledge of lexical, phraseological and syntactic aspects of the French language;
• be able to use critical thinking about French language aspects, to analyze them and describe them using appropriate metalanguage;
• have learned how to use the standard reference material for the study of French linguistics: grammars, dictionaries, electronic corpora, and on-line reference material.

Working method

B-learning

Program

1. Introduction
 1.1. Linguistics and its sub-domains
 1.2. Basic concepts
 1.3. Presentation of reference material, electronic corpora and software for text and general language analysis

2. Contemporary French
 2.1. Spatial and social diversity
 2.2. Natural evolution
 2.3. Language planning

3. Phonetic and phonological pecularities of French language

4. The word
 4.1. Graphic, phonic, semantic and lexicographic entity
 4.2. Word classes
 4.3. Noun and verb categories
 4.4. Preformed construction units

5. Noun, verb, adjective and adverb phrases

6. Simple and compound sentences
 6.1. Topicalisation and thematisation
 6.2. Gérondif, participe présent et adjectif verbal

7. Exploration of corpora

Mandatory literature

Martin Robert; Comprendre la linguistique. ISBN: 2-13-052565-2
Schmale, Günter; Qu'est-ce qui est préfabriqué dans la langue? - Réflexions au sujet d'une définition élargie de la préformation langagière, Armand Colin, 2013. ISBN: 9782200928384
Wilmet Marc 1938-; Grammaire rénovée du français. ISBN: 978-2-8041-5568-1

Complementary Bibliography

Monneret, Philippe; Exercices de linguistique, PUF, 2009

Comments from the literature

Further references will be provided on specific topics.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical.

Software

Corpógrafo
Moodle

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics
Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Exame	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance except specific FLUP regulation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam (80%)
Participation (20%).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the legislation in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the legislation in force.

Observations

French / Portuguese according to public level, namely Erasmus students.