Foundations of language

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023792ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Katja Lochtman
Wim Vandenbussche
Jill Puttaert (course titular)
Stefanie Keulen
An Vande Casteele

Activities and contact hours

20 contact hours Lecture
30 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

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.

Course material

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

Additional info

Information for 2020/2021: both the chapters from handbooks and the articles used as course material, as well as all the digital course materials will be made available for free via Canvas. Students are, accordingly, *not* required to buy a handbook.

This course is taught in Dutch.

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

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

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.

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:

Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Information for 2020/2021:

Written examination.

An extra assignment *may* be given; if so, this will contribute towards 25% of the final grade.

A non-compulsory trial examination is organised for this course during the semester. Those who pass the trial exam will get 2 extra grades (out of 20) for the real final exam.

The partial result of the paper will be transferred to the second exam session, if this result was 10/20 or higher. Students wishing to submit a new version of the paper send an email to the course titular (with the new paper) at the very latest before the start of the second exam session.

The partial result of the paper will be transferred to the next academic year, if this result was 10/20 or higher. Students wishing to submit a new version of the paper send an email to the course titular (with the new paper) at the very latest before the start of the first exam session of the next academic year.

Absence for a required part of the evaluation (either the examination or the paper) will result in an 'absent' grade code for the course.

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