| CODE | FRE3034 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Lexicologie: sémantique et morphologie/ Lexicology: Semantics and Morphology | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | French | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit revises and builds up on linguistic concepts learned during the first two years of study. The first part will be theoretical and it will focus on a number of basic concepts in lexicology. Starting from the smallest units of linguistic meaning, lectures will proceed towards an analysis of the semantic relations that exist between these units and a larger description of the structure of lexis. The second part of the unit will be of a more practical nature and it will prepare students for their assessment by equipping them with the methods generally used for the analysis of meaning. Study-Unit Aims: - To assist students in understanding basic linguistic terms used in linguistic research; - To explore the lexical component of language as an abstract system apart from the grammatical component; - To apply lexicological concepts and semantic techniques to the analysis of meaning as conveyed by the lexical elements of a text. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand the shades of meaning that differentiate linguistic terms from each other; - Understand the basic structure of French lexis; - Recognise the semantic relations that link lexemes twithin lexis; - Identify the differences between publications such as a general dictionary, a specialised dictionary and a thesaurus. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse the linguistic meaning of terms in French and other languages using basic semantic techniques; - Create valid definitions of a term without circling back to the term in question; - Distinguish between expressions that form part of French lexis and those that emerge from a writer's stylistic choices. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - POLGUÈRE, Alain, Lexicologie et sémantique lexicale : notions fondamentales, Montréal : Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, « Paramètres », 2003. - MANN, Alise et MARTIN-BERTHET, Françoise, Introduction à la lexicologie : Sémantique et morphologie, Paris : Armand Colin, 2005. - LYONS, John, Eléments de sémantique, Paris : Larousse, 1978. - MEL'ČUK, Igor A. Vers une linguistique Sens-Texte. Leçon inaugurale, Paris : Collège de France, 1997. - DUBOIS, Jean et alii, Le Dictionnaire de linguistique et des sciences du langage, Paris : Larousse, 2012. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Grade C or better in French Matriculation Pre-requisite Study-unit: FRE2014 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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