Morphosyntaxe du français

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020961AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Students must have taken ‘Grammaire et linguistique du français: introduction’, before they can enroll in this course. If you are enrolled in a preparatory programme you can register this course without restrictions.

Taught in

French

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Dan Van Raemdonck (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

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

Course Content

The purpose of the course is to give a scientific and critical description of a number of linguistics aspects of Modern French.
The course deals with the different aspects of morpho-syntax of Modern French.
The students will acquire the essential notions to study a living language (words, group of words, sentence, the diverse grammatical categories etc.).
The course aims also at the bringing out of the errors of the traditional grammars.

Content. A. Lectures a) in-depth description of the morpho-syntactic functioning of modern French; b) presentation of the linguistic concepts essential to the grammatical analysis of French; Through the study of various points, the deficiencies of the traditional grammars will be highlichted. B. Exercises Grammatical analysis exercises: word classes, functions and types of propositions.

Course material

Handbook (Recommended) : Le bon usage, GREVISSE M. & GOOSSE A., 16de, De Boeck, 9782807300699, 2016
Handbook (Recommended) : 100 fiches pour comprendre les notions de grammaire, SIOUFFI G. & VAN RAEMDONCK D., 3de, Bréal, 9782749537818, 2017
Handbook (Recommended) : Le sens grammatical., Référentiel à l'usage des enseignants., VAN RAEMDONCK D., Avec M. Detaille et L. Meinertzhagen, 2de, PIE Peter Lang, 9782807600089, 2015

Additional info

The course is based on data taken out of the following Modern French grammars: GREVISSE M., GOOSSE A. (2016). Le bon usage. 16th edition. Paris - Louvain-la-Neuve: Duculot - RIEGEL M., PELAT J.-C., RIOUL R. (2009). Grammaire méthodique du Français. 7th edition. Paris: PUF - WILMET M. (2010). Grammaire critique du français. 5th edition. Paris - Bruxelles, Hachette: Duculot. - SIOUFFI G. & VAN RAEMDONCK D. (2018). 100 fiches pour comprendre la linguistique. Paris : Bréal.
- SIOUFFI G. & VAN RAEMDONCK D. (2017). 100 fiches pour comprendre les notions de grammaire. Paris : Bréal - VAN RAEMDONCK D. (2015), Le sens grammatical. Référentiel à l'usage des enseignants. Avec M. Detaille et L. MEINERTZHAGEN. 2nd. edition Bruxelles: PIE Peter Lang

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students must be able to
     a) consult and interpret the descriptive grammars of Contemporary Modern French;
     b) analyze and explain a grammatical item independently;
     c) to analyze the sentence at the level of functions and word classes;
     d) to have a critical attitude towards grammatical terminology and the standard of 'bon usage'

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

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

Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

None

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