Nederlands: taalsysteem

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1002104BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Enrolling in this course means that you simultaneously take 'Bouwstenen van het Nederlands: klank, woord, zin' or have successfully passed ‘Bouwstenen van het Nederlands: klank, woord, zin’. If you are enrolled in a preparatory programme you can register this course without restrictions.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Rik Vosters (course titular)
Lauranne Harnie

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
50 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course focuses on the structure and functions of words and sentences, and building on the course 'Bouwstenen van het Nederlands: klank, woord, zin', this course offers students an introduction to the study of Dutch words, flexional morphology, sentences and syntax.
In a first part, we offer an introduction to the morphosyntax of Dutch. We elaborately focus on Dutch syntax from a structuralist perspective, discussing the syntactic properties and functions of clause constituents in simple and complex sentences (a.o. zinsrelator, subject, objecten, gezegdes, complementen, satellieten, modificeerders). In a second part, we use case teaching to delve deeper into several important themes and concepts in Dutch linguistics, both theoretically and from an everyday language practice perspective. The theoretical concepts covered will be linked to practical applications with a mixture of lectures and exercise sessions throughout the course.
Finally, students are also expected to write a paper for this course. This will mainly report on a literature study on a (applied) linguistic topic of their choice, along with a small-scale empirical study. Possible topics for this paper can be drawn from the subjects dealt with in any of the Dutch linguistics courses, but need not be restricted to those subjects. A portion of the course hours will be devoted to preparation for this linguistic investigation.

Course material

Handbook (Recommended) : Grammatica van de Nederlandse zin, W. Vandeweghe, 8de, Antwerpen/Apeldoorn: Garant., 9789044130546, 2013

Additional info

Handouts, readings and slides from class, in the form of a syllabus, are the essential study material for this course, supplemented by elaborate course notes taken by each student during class.

The relevant chapters in the following course book are supplementary study material, which students can use in aid of their study:

W. Vandeweghe (2013), Grammatica van de Nederlandse zin. Achtste of meest recente uitgave. Antwerpen/Apeldoorn: Garant.

Course books can be bought at the Standaard Student Shop if students wish to use them.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

1. Students are able to recognize and define basic concepts from the study of (inflectional) morphology and syntax, and illustrate them based on examples from class or from the literature. [Dublin-descriptor: kennis en inzicht]
2. Students can independently carry out a range of (morpho)syntactic analyses on known and new examples of simple and complex sentences, applying theoretical concepts to authentic language material. [Dublin-descriptor: toepassen kennis en inzicht]
3. Students are able to discuss and relate seen case studies to theory, and are able to generate similar insights from unseen material or based on unseen examples or questions related to similar themes [Dublin-descriptor: toepassen kennis en inzicht]
4. Students acquire the necessary skills to independently describe and analyze known and new examples from a (morpho)syntactic point of view. [Dublin-descriptor: leervaardigheden]
5. Under supervision, students can plan and carry out a small-scale literature and empirical study about a linguistic topic of their choice. [Dublin-descriptor: toepassen kennis en inzicht + oordeelsvorming]
6. Students can report about their insights in a scientific paper written in an appropriate register of Standard Dutch, with an accurate use of the acquired terminology. [Dublin-descriptor: communicatie]

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 40% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Note: Fysiek of digitaal schriftelijk examen

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Wetenschappelijke paper with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

If a student does not participate in or does not hand in the required assignment for one of the evaluation modules for the course, he or she will receive a partial grade of 0/20 for that evaluation module.

Partial grades can be transferred to a later exam session within the same academic year, at the written request of the student (before the start of the exam period).

Late submissions of assignments, papers or other tasks will be accepted by e-mail until 48 hours after the deadline. For submissions up to 24 hours after the deadline (to be submitted by email and on paper), the student's result will be lowered by 15%, and for submissions between 24 and 48 hours after the deadline (also to be submitted by email and on paper), the student's result will be lowered by 30%. Submission that are more than 48% late will not be evaluated anymore and will be marked as zero.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context