Foundations of language

3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1023794ANR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een inleidend bachelor niveau.

Semester

1e semester

Inschrijving onder examencontract

Niet mogelijk

Beoordelingsvoet

Beoordeling (0 tot 20)

2e zittijd mogelijk

Onderwijstaal

Engels

Faculteit

Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Verantwoordelijke vakgroep

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Onderwijsteam

Katja Lochtman
Wim Vandenbussche (titularis)
Stefanie Keulen
Stefano De Pascale
Ruben Vanden Berghe
Dan Van Raemdonck
An Vande Casteele

Onderdelen en contacturen

26 contacturen Hoorcollege
12 contacturen Zelfwerk en -studie

Inhoud

In this course, students are given the elementary foundation for the later theoretical and language-specific lectures in linguistics. After an introduction to what language and linguistics are all about, we will briefly review the development of linguistic thought and the evolution of the discipline. In four intensive block sessions, the principles of phonology and phonetics, semantics and pragmatics, morphology and, finally, syntax, will then be discussed.

Studiemateriaal

Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Zowel de hoofdstukken uit handboeken en/of artikelen die als leermateriaal dienen, als al het digitale cursusmateriaal worden gratis verspreid, Canvas

Bijkomende info

This course is taught by a team of professors, each focussing on their area of linguistic expertise.

This course is taught in English; examples may be given from all languages offered in the Linguistcs and Literary Studies programme.

Digital course material will be made available via the digital learning platform.

Leerresultaten

General Competences

Students have a clear understanding of the object of linguistic study.

Students also know the main theoretical currents in the history of linguistics.

Students further familiarise themselves with the core concepts of phonology and phonetics, semantics and pragmatics, morphology and syntax. They can apply the corresponding insights in the language-specific lectures.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

Written exam met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Toelichting: This examination is compulsory. The examination consists of multiple choice and open questions

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The written examination is a multiple choice exam.

A non-compulsory trial examination is organised for this course during the semester. Those who pass the trial exam do no longer have to participate in the final exam, the grade of the trial examaniation will then be transfered to the final exam. Note that it is not possible to organise a second date for the trail exam, no matter what the reason for a student's absence is.

The multiple-choice exam will be graded by positive scoring with Higher Cesura. So no points will be deducted for a wrong answer. On the other hand, gaining points by guessing will be factored into the final score by increasing the pass mark (= caesura). The caesura for the exam and the exact conversion table will be communicated in good time on Canvas and in the exam instructions. This method makes the exam strategy simple: do your best on the whole exam, questions you don't know or partially know, guess to the best of your ability, without worrying about possible point deductions.’

Toegestane onvoldoende

Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context