French Linguistics

Code:

LA019

Acronym:

LINFRA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	French Linguistics

Instance: 2018/2019 - 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	9	LA - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	7	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Français

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, syntactic and textual 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

Introduction - Linguistics and its sub-disciplines;basic concepts; diachronic, synchronic and critic approach

French linguistics

1. Typological trends in French language and effects on the peculiar organization of its system  
2. Some peculiarities of contemporary French language: focus, theme, gerund
3. Spatial and social diversity of French language: Francophonie and topolectisms, language registers
4. Discursive strategies
5. Language planning: feminine of professions nouns, orthographic reform
6. Trends in contemporary French
7. Group project

Mandatory literature

Hagège Claude; Le français et les siècles, Paris: Odile Jacob, 1987
Martin Robert; Comprendre la linguistique. ISBN: 2-13-052565-2
Wilmet Marc 1938-; Grammaire rénovée du français. ISBN: 978-2-8041-5568-1
Wolton Dominique 1947-; Demain la francophonie. ISBN: 2-08-210559-8

Complementary Bibliography

DAMAR, M-È; Communication Écrite, De Boeck Supérieur. ISBN: 978-2-8011-1741-5
Gadet, Fr.; La variation sociale en français
Halmoy, O.; Le gérondif en français
Monneret, Ph.; Exercices de linguistique

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical.

Software

Moodle
Sigarra

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	70,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	20,00
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	34,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance except specific FLUP regulation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Tests (70%), project (20%) and participation quality (10%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Poster making project for the semaine de la Francophonie.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulation.

Classification improvement

Tests.

Observations

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